Kaarlo Edvard Kivekäs (6 December 1866, in Valkeala – 19 February 1940, in Hämeenlinna; original name Karl Edvard Backman) was a Finnish general. Educated at Hamina Cadet School (1886–1890), he served in the Russian army from 1890 on, in Pamir area, later at World War I. After the Finnish Civil War, he returned to Finland. He was the Chief of Defence of the Finnish Defence Forces in 1919. Kivekäs is recipient of the Latvian military Order of Lāčplēsis, 2nd class.