Matts Dumell (born 1952) is a

Swedish-speaking Finn The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names; fi, suomenruotsalainen) can be used as an attribute., group=Note—see below; sv, finlandssvenskar; fi, suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic minority in Finl ...

journalist with a long career in TV-production and documentary film making in public service. He has been employed by ''

Hufvudstadsbladet ''Hufvudstadsbladet'' (abbr. ''Hbl'') is the highest-circulation Swedish-language newspaper in Finland. Its headquarters is located in Helsinki, the capital of Finland. The name of the newspaper translates approximately into "Journal of the Capi ...

'' over several periods of time and he was one of the founders of the radio channel Radio Ykkönen. Dumell has also published several books. Dumell was working at

YLE Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

when he was convicted of allegedly spying for the

Soviet Union The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national ...

. He was arrested by the Finnish Security Police. He received an eight-month prison sentence for

treason Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplo ...

in 1983.

Television

* (Nelonen, ed.) * (Finnish: ,

Yle Yleisradio Oy (Finnish, literally "General Radio Ltd." or "General Broadcast Ltd."; abbr. Yle ; sv, Rundradion Ab, italics=no), translated to English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founde ...

FST5 2006, ed.) * (Finnish: Yle FST5 2007, ed.) * (Yle TV1 2007, ed.) * (Yle TV1 2007, ed.) * (Finnish: , Yle FST5 2007, ed.)

Published works

Schildts Schildts Förlags Ab was a Swedish-language book publisher in Finland. The publisher published textbooks as well as fiction and non-fiction. The head office was in Helsinki and there was a branch located in Vaasa. The publisher was owned by Sve ...

2007, Finnish: ,

2008 * &

Jorma Melleri Jorma can refer to: *Jorma (name), Finnish given name *Jorma (album), released by Kaukonen in 1979 *Jorma (wine), a Finnish wine *nowadays in Finnish language ''jorma'' is a very well-known slang word that means penis A penis (plural ''p ...

, , Gummerus 1992 * , Kustannusvaihe 1983 * , 1975

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dumell, Matts Living people 1952 births 20th-century Finnish criminals Finnish male criminals Finnish journalists Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish spies for the Soviet Union People convicted of spying for the Soviet Union 1983 in international relations