Pertti Olavi "Veltto" Virtanen (born 18 May 1951 in Hämeenlinna) is a rock personality, former presidential candidate, and former member of the Finnish Parliament[1] from Tampere, Finland.

In music he performed both as a solo artist and in the bands Virtanen (with Moog Konttinen), Välikausitakki and Sammas.

His terms in the Parliament were characteristically quixotic; the speeches he made being exercises in near-shamanistic elocution, and counter to parliamentary protocol refusing to bare his head, sporting various headgear, but being most famous for his "artistic" beret.

The minor party KiPu, which tactically allied with Virtanen, never won a seat of its own; thus he formed a one-man party-group in the parliament.

[2] Besides his musical and political career, he has also worked as a motivational speaker, most notably for some winter sports teams.