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Aarne Artur Wuorimaa (last name ''Blomberg'' until 1906), (8 February 1892
Leivonmäki Leivonmäki is a former municipality of Finland in the Central Finland region. It became a part of Joutsa in 2008. It is located south-east from Jyväskylä. It is known for its marshy grounds and its national park. The municipality was uni ...
- 5 July 1975,
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) was a Finnish diplomat who served as the Finnish Ambassador to
Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...
in the 1930s. The parents of Wuorimaa were parish priest, MP Arthur Oliver Wuorimaa and Anna Emilia Fabritius. He graduated in 1910 and graduated as a Bachelor of Philosophy and Master's degree in 1916. Wuorimaa served as Air Force Adviser in 1918-1919, Consul General of Finland in
London London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a majo ...
in 1919 and Representative of the Finnish Government at the
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in the
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in 1920-1921. He was then Assistant to the Mission in
Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
from 1921 to 1922, serving in the Secretary General's office in the
League of Nations The League of Nations (french: link=no, Société des Nations ) was the first worldwide intergovernmental organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. It was founded on 10 January 1920 by the Paris Peace Conference that ...
in 1923-1925 and as Secretary of State in Paris between 1925 and 1928. Wuorimaa was Finland's Envoy in
Tallinn Tallinn () is the most populous and capital city of Estonia. Situated on a bay in north Estonia, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland of the Baltic Sea, Tallinn has a population of 437,811 (as of 2022) and administratively lies in the Harju ' ...
from 1928 to 1933, in
Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
from 1933 to 1940, in
Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...
and in
Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...
from 1940 to 1944, and later was transferred to non-active status and retired from the post. He later rejoined the active service as Head of the Administrative Department of the
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from 1950 to 1951, and Ambassador to
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and
Lisbon Lisbon (; pt, Lisboa ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Grande Lisboa, Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administr ...
from 1951 to 1959


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