Eino Wälikangas (his surname until 1906 was ''Buddén'') (11 October 1889 – 1960) was a Finnish diplomat.

Early life

Wälikangas was born in

Savonlinna Savonlinna (, , ; sv, Nyslott, lit=New Castle) is a town and a municipality of inhabitants in the southeast of Finland, in the heart of the Saimaa lake region, which is why the city is also nicknamed the "Capital of Saimaa". Together with Mikkel ...

, the son of E.J. Buddén and Johanna Augusta Granit. He graduated from secondary school in 1907 and graduated with a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1914.

Career

Wälikangas was a curator of the Savonian Society from 1916 to 1918 and taught

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in 1915 and 1919 at the

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. He was an Officer of the Foreign Affairs Office in

Vaasa Vaasa (; sv, Vasa, , Sweden ), in the years 1855–1917 as Nikolainkaupunki ( sv, Nikolajstad; literally meaning "city of Nicholas),

in 1918, and the archivist in the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1919 to 1922. He was the Deputy Secretary in

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from 1920 to 1921. He also received the Counselors' title in 1921.Aikalaiskirja 1934 (Projekt Runeberg)
/ref> He served as the Head of the Department of Personnel and Administration at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1923 to 1927, when he became the Secretary of the

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Office. He also ran the office in

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in 1933. Wälikangas was the Finnish envoy to many cities between 1934 and 1937, including

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and

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. He also became the Finnish envoy in

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from 1937 to 1945. He was on non-active status from 1945 to 1947 and on special assignment from 1947 to 1949. He was the rapporteur for foreign ambassadors from 1949 to 1956.Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, Otava 1967, osa 10, palsta 233

References

Sanskrit scholars Finnish diplomats 1889 births 1960 deaths People from Savonlinna {{Europe-diplomat-stub