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Embassy Of Finland, Stockholm
The Embassy of Finland in Stockholm is Finland's diplomatic mission in Sweden. It is located at Gärdesgatan 11 in the district of Gärdet. The current ambassador of Finland to Sweden, since 2018, is Liisa Talonpoika who is also the first female ever to hold this position. Ambassadors See also * Foreign relations of Finland * Finland–Sweden relations * List of Ambassadors of Finland to Sweden References External links Embassy of Finland in Stockholm Buildings and structures in Stockholm Sweden Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ... Finland–Sweden relations {{Finland-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stockholm
Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people live in the Stockholm Municipality, municipality, with 1.6 million in the Stockholm urban area, urban area, and 2.4 million in the Metropolitan Stockholm, metropolitan area. The city stretches across fourteen islands where Mälaren, Lake Mälaren flows into the Baltic Sea. Outside the city to the east, and along the coast, is the island chain of the Stockholm archipelago. The area has been settled since the Stone Age, in the 6th millennium BC, and was founded as a city in 1252 by Swedish statesman Birger Jarl. It is also the county seat of Stockholm County. For several hundred years, Stockholm was the capital of Finland as well (), which then was a part of Sweden. The population of the municipality of Stockholm is expected to reach o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorma Vanamo
Jorma Jaakko Vanamo (30 October 1913 Mouhijärvi–13 December 2006 Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat. He served as Finland's ambassador to Warsaw (1958–1963), Moscow (1963–1967), Rome, Valletta and Nicosia (1970–1975) and Stockholm (1975–1980). He also served as Ambassador to Bucharest (1958–1960), Sofia (1958–1963), Kabul (1963–1966) and Ulan Bator (1963–1966). Childhood and youth Jorma Vanamo was born as a child of pharmacists. Vanamo belonged to the first members of the Pykälä Association of the largest law school students in Finland and served as its third chairman in 1937–1938. Ura When graduating as a lawyer in 1939, Jorma Vanamo had worked in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs for more than a month. On February 1, 1939 Vanamo started at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an unpardonable typist, and on March 3, 1939, he officially joined the Foreign Service. Vanamo was also able to prove the development that led to Winter War at the beginning of his ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finland–Sweden Relations
Finland and Sweden share a long history, similar legal systems, and an Nordic model, economic and social model. Finland was part of Sweden for almost 700 years from around 1150 until the Finnish War of 1809 after which Finland became an autonomous part of the Russian Empire as the Grand Duchy of Finland. Since Finland gained its full Finnish independence, independence from Russia in 1917, Finland and Sweden have been close partners, enjoying a Special relationship (international relations), special relationship. The number of Finnish-Swedish connections and the quality of cooperation in most areas of the government is unique when compared to other international relations involving both countries. The Swedish language has an official status in Finland, whilst Finns form the largest ethnic minority in Sweden, estimated to be about 675,000. Both Finland and Sweden joined the European Union together in 1995. However, both countries are not full members of NATO. Relationships are mainta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Foreign Relations Of Finland
The foreign relations of Finland are the responsibility of the president of Finland, who leads foreign policy in cooperation with the government. Implicitly the government is responsible for internal policy and decision making in the European Union. Within the government, preparative discussions are conducted in the government committee of foreign and security policy (''ulko- ja turvallisuuspoliittinen ministerivaliokunta''), which includes the Prime Minister and at least the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the Minister of Defence, and at most four other ministers as necessary. The committee meets with the President as necessary. Laws concerning foreign relations are discussed in the parliamentary committee of foreign relations (''ulkoasiainvaliokunta, utrikesutskottet''). The Ministry of Foreign Affairs implements the foreign policy. During the Cold War, Finland's foreign policy was based on official neutrality between the Western powers and the Soviet Union, while simultaneou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matti Anttonen
Matti Kalervo Anttonen (born 27 November 1957)CV Matti Anttonen Työ- ja elinkeinoministeriö, viitattu 3.1.2015. is a Finnish diplomat and the present Secretary of State for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland since 1 March 2018. Early life and education Anttonen was born in and graduated from theTurku School of Economi ...
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Jarmo Viinanen
Jarmo Viinanen (born 23 February 1959, Imatra) was a Finnish ambassador to Sweden until 2016, and was President of the UNICEF Executive Board in 2013. In addition to this, Viinanen was, from 1997 until 1998, the First Secretary in the Foreign Ministry's Department of External Trade Relations. From 1998 to 2000, Viinanen was the Adviser to the Minister of Foreign Affairs. Between 2000 and 2005, Viinanen served as the diplomatic adviser to Tarja Halonen, the 11th President of Finland, the Deputy Secretary General and Deputy Chief of Cabinet, as well as the Secretary-General and Chief of Cabinet to Halonen from 2005–2009. Between 8 April 2009 and 2014 Viinanen held a position as the Permanent Representative of Finland to the United Nations. Viinanen is known to have graduated from the University of Turku with a Master of Arts degree in political science in 1987. Sexual harassment In 2016, Viinanen was accused of sexually harassing embassy staff and guests at Stockholm. The tablo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harry Helenius
Harry Gustaf Helenius (22 June 1946, Oulu — 14 March 2019, Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat. Helenius studied at Svenska normallyceum i Helsingfors and then graduated as a Bachelor of Philosophy from the University of Helsinki. He joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1973 and made a career over 40 years in the Ministry for retirement in summer 2014. Helenius served as Ambassador of Finland to Russia 2004–2008, to Germany 2008–2011 and to Sweden in 2011–2014. He also served in Madrid (1978–1981), in Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST ... (1986–1988) and as Consul General in St. Petersburg (1998–2001). References {{DEFAULTSORT:Helenius, Harry Ambassadors of Finland to Sweden Ambassadors of Finland to Germany Ambassadors of Finland to Ru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markus Lyra
Markus Ludvig Lyra (born 3 August 1945 Helsinki) is a Finnish retired diplomat. He served as Ambassador of Finland to Sweden in 2010–2011. He has been employed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs since 1973. In 2005–2010, Lyra served as the Under-Secretary of State for Political Affairs at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Prior to joining the Political Department, Lyra served as its department head for the years 2000–2004. From 1996 to 2000 he served as Ambassador in Moscow. Lyra has a Bachelor of Political Science from the University of Helsinki, obtained in 1970. Lyra's spouse was Helena Lyra (died in 2008). They have four children. Markus Lyra's mother tongue is Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Lyra, Markus Ambassador ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Aalto
Alec Mikael Aalto (24 September 1942 – 24 December 2018) was a Finnish diplomat. In the Foreign Ministry, he started in 1979 and served as Finland's Ambassador in Austria (1991–1995), Italy (2003–2006) and Sweden in 2006–2010 until his retirement. Education Aalto was born in Helsinki, and studied at Svenska normallyceum before graduating as a bachelor of law in 1967 from the University of Helsinki. Between 1968 and 1970, he studied international law at Oxford University. Career Between 1970 and 1972, Aalto worked as a journalist for Finnish Broadcasting Company, after which he was from 1973 to 1975 Head of Information department in the Council of State. He also served as the Head of Press Affairs in the European Security and Cooperation Conference. In Aalto was in 1975 in the Prime Minister Keijo Liinama's caretaker cabinet as Prime Minister's secretary and from 1976 to 1978, the information director of Neste Oy. Aalto joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1979. Unti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pertti Torstila
Pertti Juhani Torstila (born 13 February 1946 in Jyväskylän maalaiskunta) has had a long career in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland made by an official and a diplomat. Prior to his retirement, he served as State Secretary for Foreign Affairs in 2006-2014. In June 2014, Torstila was elected Chairman of the Finnish Red Cross. In May 2015, Torstila was promoted to the post of Honorary Doctor of the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Budapest (Eötvös Lorand). Pertti Torstila was elected in November 2015 as a "Social Science Fellow". Career Torstila graduated as student in 1965. In 1966-1967 he was the UN peacekeeping forces (UNFICYP) in Cyprus. In 1970 Torstila graduated as a bachelor of political science from the University of Helsinki and started the same year as an assistant at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Between 1972 and 1973 Torstila prepared a European Conference on Security and Cooperation (OSCE), whose summit was held in Helsinki in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heikki Talvitie
Heikki Talvitie (born 5 September 1939) is a Finnish diplomat. He has served as Ambassador in Belgrade from 1984 to 1988, in Moscow from 1988 to 1992 and from Stockholm in 1996–2002. Talvitie has also been an EU Special Representative in the Caucasus and an OSCE Special Envoy in Georgia Talvitie was born in Viipuri, graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1963 and joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1964. In addition to the ambassador's duties, he worked at The Hague Embassy and at the United Nations Office in New York. He was a Minister Counselor in Moscow from 1976 to 1980. Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1980–1982. Consultative Officer for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1983–1984 Talvitie is a well-known Soviet expert. He worked extensively at the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and from April 1, 1971 with a report department where there was plenty of secret and other material from Finnish embassies around the world. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
