Lauri Jaakko Kivekäs, titled ''

Vuorineuvos (, 'mining councilor', literally Finnish for 'mountain councilor'; Swedish: ) is both a Finnish honorary title and a historical Swedish role on the Swedish Board of Mines. The Finnish title is granted by the President of Finland to leading f ...

'' (7 July 1903, in Muuruvesi,

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

– 12 February 1998; surname until 1926 ''Stenbäck''), was a Finnish businessman. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry from 1957 to 1958. He was the former chairman of Confederation of Finnish Industries and the first chairman of Nokia Corporation after the 1967 merger of the three Finnish companies Nokia Company, Finnish Rubber Works and Finnish Cable Works. He remained Nokia Chairman until 1977 when he was replaced by Björn Westerlund.

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1903 births 1998 deaths People from Juankoski People from Kuopio Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Ministers of trade and industry of Finland 20th-century Finnish businesspeople Nokia people University of Helsinki alumni {{Finland-bio-stub