Lauri Jaakko Kivekäs, titled ''

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'' (7 July 1903, in

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– 12 February 1998; surname until 1926 ''Stenbäck''), was a

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businessman. He served as

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from 1957 to 1958. He was the former Chairman of

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and the first Chairman of

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after the 1967 merger of the three Finnish companies Nokia Company,

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and Finnish Cable Works. He remained Nokia Chairman until 1977 when he was replaced by

Björn Westerlund Björn Georg Wilhelm Westerlund, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (27 January 1912 in Hanover, Germany – 11 March 2009 in Helsinki, Finland), was a Finnish businessman and a short-time minister in the government of Finland. He was the former and first Pr ...

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