Rolf Thesleff (28 May 1878

Kuopio Kuopio (, ) is a Finnish city and municipality located in the region of Northern Savonia. It has a population of , which makes it the most populous municipality in Finland. Along with Joensuu, Kuopio is one of the major urban, economic, and cult ...

– 16 August 1938

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) was a Finnish PhD on Philosophy and diplomat. Thesleff's parents were General Alexander August Thesleff and Emilia Mathilda Sanmark. He graduated from the Helsinki Finnish Normal Lyceum in 1897 and studied at the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki ( fi, Helsingin yliopisto, sv, Helsingfors universitet, abbreviated UH) is a public research university located in Helsinki, Finland since 1829, but founded in the city of Turku (in Swedish ''Åbo'') in 1640 as the ...

completing Bachelor of Philosophy in 1902, M.Sc. (1904) and Licentiate and PhD in 1907. Thesleff was a shareholder and owner of a loan agency in Helsinki from 1907 to 1912, as an extraordinary teacher of agrarian policy at the

from 1912 to 1919 and as rapporteur secretary of the Ministry of Transport and Communications in the

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between 1918 and 1919. He then moved to the

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and served as Envoy to

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in 1919-1925 and 1930–1933, in

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from 1925 to 1930 and last in

from 1934 to 1938. Rolf Thesleff was married since 1903 with Master of Philosophy, author Greta von Frenckell.Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853–1899
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Thesleff, Rolf 20th-century Finnish diplomats 1878 births 1938 deaths People from Kuopio 20th-century Finnish educators University of Helsinki alumni Finnish expatriates in Norway Finnish expatriates in Italy Finnish expatriates in Denmark