Kalervo Vihtori Laurikainen (born 6.01.1916) is a Finnish theoretical physicist. He graduated from the university in Helsinki (1940). In 1946 — 56 he worked at the Technical College in Turku and in 1956-60 at the university in Turku. Since 1960 he has been professor at the university in Helsinki.
His research has concerned the theory of nuclear forces and the theory of elementary particles.