Åke Ossian Gunnar Backström (30 May 1919 – 8 June 2005) was a Finnish diplomat, a licentiated in law. He was an Ambassador in Canberra from 1975 to 1980, a negotiating officer from the

Foreign Ministry In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (abbreviated as MFA or MOFA) is the highest government department exclusively or primarily responsible for the state's foreign policy and relations, diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral re ...

from 1980 to 1983 and Ambassador to

Sofia Sofia is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain, in the western part of the country. The city is built west of the Is ...

in 1983–1986.Facta 2001, Täydennysosa 1990, WSOY 1990, s. 211 He was born in

Tampere Tampere is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Pirkanmaa. It is located in the Finnish Lakeland. The population of Tampere is approximately , while the metropolitan area has a population of approximately . It is the most populous mu ...

and died in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

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Ambassadors of Finland to Australia Ambassadors of Finland to Bulgaria 1919 births 2005 deaths People from Tampere {{Finland-politician-stub