Tom-Christian Leander Söderman (3 April 1936, in

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– 14 April 2015, in Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat and journalist. From 1956 to 1959 and from 1960 to 1961 Söderman was a reporter of the Finnish News Agency and from 1961 to 1963 he was a reporter of

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. He moved to a Diplomatic career and worked in Stockholm in 1963-1967 as a contributing Press Stance and in 1971-1975 as the corresponding Press Stance. As a press council, Söderman worked from 1975 to 1977 in Stockholm and from 1977 to 1984 in

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. In Stockholm, he sought to present opinions during the Cold War to support Finland's foreign policy. Söderman was the press officer of the

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1985-1988, the Consul General of Gothenburg 1988-1993 and the Ambassador to Reykjavik 1993-2000. After his diplomatic career, Söderman worked as a freelance writer. He regularly wrote columns on Swedish Utrikesbloggen and cultural newspapers to Nya Argus. Together with Camilla Lindberg he wrote the book ''Röster från Rosala'' (Schildt, 2007).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderman, Tom Ambassadors of Finland to Iceland Finnish journalists Swedish-speaking Finns 1936 births 2015 deaths