The Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR) ( fi, Merentutkimuslaitos and sv, Havsforskningsinstitutet) was a research institute founded in 1918 that was subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The institute's main objective was to produce marine-science information to facilitate decision-making, for Finns and in international collaboration, and for use in

seafaring Seamanship is the Art (skill), art, knowledge and Competence (human resources), competence of operating a ship, boat or other craft on water. The'' Oxford Dictionary of English, Oxford Dictionary'' states that seamanship is "The skill, techniques ...

. Biological research would not be included for several decades, and all four internal divisions were headed by physicists or geophysicists through the 1950s. The Institute was originally housed at Konstantinin Street 8 (now Meritullinkadun) on the

Helsinki Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...

seaport, and in 1926 moved a mile south to a government building at 2 Tähtitornin St. There it remained until September 2005, when its headquarters became

Dynamicum Dynamicum is the name of a building on the Kumpula Campus of the University of Helsinki that is shared by the Finnish Meteorological Institute and the Finnish Institute of Marine Research. Dynamicum is located in Kumpula, Helsinki. Construction ...

, a building it shares with the

Finnish Meteorological Institute The Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI; fi, Ilmatieteen laitos; sv, Meteorologiska institutet) is the government agency responsible for gathering and reporting weather data and forecasts in Finland. It is a part of the Ministry of Transport ...

Kumpula Kumpula ( sv, Gumtäkt) is a verdant neighbourhood in Helsinki, bordered by Eastern Pasila to the west, Vallila to the south, Käpylä and Koskela to the north and Toukola and Arabianranta to the east. As of January 1, 2003, Kumpula had approxi ...

. The institute was closed in the beginning of 2009, and its functions were divided between the

Finnish Environment Institute The Finnish Environment Institute (SYKE) ( fi, Suomen ympäristökeskus, sv, Finlands miljöcentral) is a multidisciplinary research and expert institute under the Ministry of the Environment, Finland. SYKE has four office and research facilitie ...

(SYKE) and the Finnish Meteorological Institute (FMI).

Directors-General

Rolf Witting Rolf Johan Witting (30 September 1879 in Viipuri – 11 October 1944 in Porvoon maalaiskunta) was a Finnish oceanographist and politician, member of four of Finland's cabinets 1924–1943. Scientific career Witting graduated as Abitur in 1897, C ...

(1918–1936) *

Erik Palmén Erik Herbert Palmén (31 August 1898 – 19 March 1985) was a Finnish meteorologist, born in Vaasa. He worked at the University of Chicago in the Chicago school of meteorology (started by Carl-Gustaf Rossby) on cyclones and weather fronts with Vi ...

(1939–1947) *

Risto Jurva Risto ( sr, Ристо) is a masculine given name, found in Finnish, Estonian and South Slavic. In South Slavic, it is a hypocorism derived from '' Hristofor'' or ''Hristivoje''. It may refer to: Estonia *Risto Järv (born 1971), folklorist * ...

(1947–1953) * Ilmo Hela (1955–1975) * Aarno Voipio (1975–1989) * Pentti Mälkki (1990–2004) * Eeva-Liisa Poutanen (2005–2008)

References

External links

Official websiteThe Baltic Sea Portal
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