Sylvi Kekkonen was born on March 12, 1900 in Pieksämäki, Finland as Sylvia Salome Uino. She was a writer, known for Itsenäisyyspäivän juhlallisuudet 1959 (1959), Itsenäisyyspäivän juhlavastaanotto (1968) and Kunniaa Marskille (1960). She was married to Urho Kekkonen. She died on December 2, 1974 in Helsinki, Finland.