List of ambassadors of Finland

This is a list of current and former ambassadors from Finland. Note that some Ambassadors are responsible for more than one country while others are directly accredited from Helsinki or other capital citIes.

Africa

Abuja (Nigeria)

Presentative	Status	Years
Jaakko Lyytinen (Lagos)	Ambassador	1963–1966
Olavi Saikku (Lagos)		1966–1969
Olli Auero (Lagos)		1969–1971
Ensio Helaniemi (Lagos)		1971–1973
Erkki Hedmanson (Lagos)		1973–1976
Aarno Arola (Lagos)		1976–1981
Bo Ådahl (Lagos)		1981–1985
Vilho Koiranen (Lagos)		1985–1989
Esko Kunnamo (Lagos)		1989–1992
Heikki Latvanen (Lagos)		1992–1995
Hannu Ripatti (Lagos)	Chargé d'Affaires	1996–1998
Eero Saarikoski (Lagos)	Ambassador	1999–2003
Anna-Liisa Korhonen (Lagos/Abuja)		2003–2007
Erik Ulfstedt (Abuja)		2007–2008
Anneli Vuorinen (Abuja)		2008–2011
Riitta Korpivaara (Abuja)		2011–2014
Pirjo Suomela-Chowdhury (Abuja)		2014–Present

Addis Abeba (Ethiopia)

Presentative	Status	Years
Atle Asanti (Cairo)	Envoy	1959–1962
Osmo Orkomies (Cairo)	Envoy	1962–1965
Henrik Blomstedt	Ambassador	1965–1969
Joel Pekuri		1969–1971
Veikko Hietanen		1972–1977
Unto Tanskanen (Nairobi)		1977–1980
Sakari Juuti	Chargé d'Affaires	1977–1979
Raimo Salmi (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1981–1983
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	Chargé d'Affaires	1980–1983
Tom Grönberg (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1983–1987
Esko Jääsalo	Chargé d'Affaires	1984–1987
Erik Brehmer (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1987–1990
Ilkka Ristimäki	Chargé d'Affaires	1987–1991
David Johansson (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1990–1995
Arvi Siirala	Chargé d'Affaires	1990–1995
Kaija Kahilainen	Chargé d'Affaires	1991–1992
Glenn Lindholm (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1995–1998
Lauri Kangas	Chargé d'Affaires	1994–1997
Heli Sirve	Chargé d'Affaires	1998–2001
Lauri Kangas (Nairobi)	Ambassador	1998–2003
Kari Toiviainen	Chargé d'Affaires	2001–2004
Matti Kääriäinen (Nairobi)	Ambassador	2003–2004
Kirsti Aarnio	Chargé d'Affaires	2004–2005
Kirsti Aarnio	Ambassador	2005–2013
Leo Olasvirta	Ambassador	2014–Present

Alger (Algeria)

Presentative	Years	Status
Jussi Mäkinen	1963–1968	Ambassador
Olavi Saikku	1969–1972
Ossi Sunell	1972–1975
Osmo Orkomies	1975–1979
Osmo Kock	1979–1983
Pekka Malinen	1983–1985
Erkki Pajari	1985–1987
Risto Rännäli	1988–1991
Jan Groop (Tunis)	1991–1995 1994–1995
Roope Jussila	1995–1996	Chargé d'Affaires
Carl-Erik Smedslund	1996–1997
Carl-Erik Smedslund (Tunis)	1998–2002
Kaija Ilander (Tunis)	2003–2007	Ambassador
Risto Veltheim (Helsinki)	2008–2011	Roving Ambassador
Hannele Voionmaa	2008–2011	Ambassador
Tuula Svinhufvud	2015– Present	Ambassador

Dar es Salaam (Tanzania)

Presentative	Years	Status
Henrik Blomstedt (Addis Abeba)	1966–1969	Ambassador
Joel Pekuri (Addis Abeba)	1969–1971
Seppo Pietinen	1971–1973
Martti Ahtisaari	1973–1977
Richard Müller	1977–1980
Risto Kauppi	1980–1983
Ilkka Ristimäki	1983–1987
Unto Korhonen	1987–1988
Kari Karanko	1988–1993
Ilari Rantakari	1994–1997
Ritva Jolkkonen	1998–2002
Jorma Paukku	2002–2007
Juhani Toivonen	2007–2011
Sinikka Antila	2011–Present

Cairo (Egypt)

Presentative	Years	Status
Asko Ivalo (Rome)	1954–1959	Envoy
Atle Asanti	1959–1962	Ambassador
Osmo Orkomies	1962–1966
Soini Palasto	1966–1969
Pekka Malinen	1969–1974
Joel Pekuri	1975–1978
Björn-Olof Alholm	1979–1980
Olli Auero	1980–1984
Mauri Eggert	1984–1987
Antti Hynninen	1987–1989
Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä	1990–1992
Garth Castrén	1992–1997
Aapo Pölhö	1998–2002
Hannes Mäntyvaara	2002–2005
Hannu Halinen	2005–2009
Roberto Tanzi-Albi	2009–2013
Tuula Yrjölä	2013–Present

Lusaka (Zambia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Henrik Blomstedt (Addis Abeba)	1968–1969	Ambassador
Joel Pekuri (Addis Abeba)	1969–1971
Seppo Pietinen (Addis Abeba)	1972–1973
Martti Ahtisaari (Addis Abeba)	1973–1976
Unto Korhonen	1976–1980
Erik Hellqvist	1980–1983
Garth Castrén	1984–1987
Risto Rekola	1987–1989
Ilari Rantakari (from 1994 Dar es Salaam)	1989–1993, 1994–1997
Ritva Jolkkonen (Dar es Salaam)	1998–2002
Jorma Paukku (Dar es Salaam)	2002–2007
Sinikka Antila	2007–2011
Pertti Anttinen	2011–2014
Timo Olkkonen	2014 –Present

Maputo (Mozambique)

Presentative	Years	Status
Markku Kauppinen	2003–2007	Ambassador
Kari Alanko	2007–2011
Matti Kääriäinen	2011–2013
Seija Toro	2013–Present

Finland's diplomatic relations to Mozambique was Presented from Dar es Salaam (1975-1999) and Pretoria (1999-2003) Embassies

Nairobi (Kenya)

Presentative	Years	Status
Henrik Blomstedt (Addis Abeba)	1966–1969	Ambassador
Joel Pekuri (Addis Abeba)	1969–1971
Veikko Hietanen (Addis Abeba)	1973–1977
Unto Tanskanen	1977–1980
Raimo Salmi	1980–1983
Tom Grönberg	1983–1987
Ilkka Ristimäki	1987–1990
David Johansson	1990–1995
Glen Lindholm	1995–1998
Lauri Kangas	1998–2003
Matti Kääriäinen	2003–2007
Heli Sirve	2007–2011
Sofie From-Emmesberger	2011–2015
Tarja Fernández	2015–Present

Pretoria (South Africa)

Presentative	Years	Status
Helge von Knorring	1949–1952	Chargé d'Affaires
Armas Yöntilä	1952–1957
Hans Ruben Martola	1957–1964
Tauno Nevalainen	1964–1969
Jaakko Lyytinen	1969–1971
Kurt Uggeldahl	1971–1974
Kari Härkönen	1974–1977
Juha Puromies	1977–1980
Pertti Kaukonen	1980–1984
Erik Hagfors	1984–1988
Hannu Mäntyvaara	1988–1990
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	1990–1991
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	1991
Björn Ekblom	1991	Ambassador
Tapani Brotherus	1995
Kirsti Lintonen	2000
Heikki Tuunanen	2005
Tiina Myllyntausta	2009–2012
Petri Salo	2012–Present

Rabat (Morocco)

Presentative	Years	Status
Antti Rytövuori	2007–2011	Ambassador
Christina Harttila	2011–2015
Anne Vasara	2015–Present

Finland's diplomatic relations to Morocco was Presented from Rome (1959-1961), Algeries (1963-1968), Vienna (1968-1970), Madrid (1970-1990), Lisbon (1992-2007) embassies

Tunis (Tunisia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Asko Ivalo (Rome)	1959–1961	Envoy
Torsten Vahervuori (Rome)	1961–1964	Envoy
Jussi Mäkinen (Algiers)	1964–1968	Ambassador
Olavi Saikku (Algiers)	1969–1972
Ossi Sunell (Algiers)	1972–1975
Osmo Orkomies (Algiers)	1975–1979
Osmo Kock (Algiers)	1980–1983
Pekka Malinen (Algiers)	1983–1985
Erkki Pajari (Algiers)	1985–1987
Risto Rännäli (Algiers)	1988–1991
Jan Groop (Algiers, from 1994 Tunis)	1991–1995
Roope Jussila	1995–1996	Chargé d'Affaires
Carl-Erik Smedslund	1996–1998
Carl-Erik Smedslund	1998–2002
Kaija Ilander	2003–2007	Ambassador
Laura Reinilä	2007–2010
Tiina Jortikka-Laitinen	2010–Present

Windhoek (Namibia)

Years	Presentative	Status
Lauri Kangas	1990	Chargé d'Affaires
Kirsti Lintonen	1990–1994	Ambassador
Yrjö Karinen	1994–1998
Kari Karanko	1998–2000
Sinikka Antila	2001–2003	Chargé d'Affaires
Kirsti Lintonen (Pretoria)	2000–2005	Ambassador
Seija Kinni-Huttunen	2003–2008	Chargé d'Affaires
Asko Luukkainen	2008–2011	Chargé d'Affaires
Heikki Tuunanen (Pretoria)	2005–2010	Ambassador
Tiina Myllyntausta (Pretoria)	2010–Present	Ambassador
Anne Saloranta	2011–2014	Chargé d'Affaires
Anne Saloranta	2014–Present	Ambassador

Asia

Ankara (Turkey)

Presentative	Years	Status
Väinö Tanner (Bucharest)	1920–1923	Chargé d'Affaires
Pontus Artti (Rome)	1931–1934	Envoy
Onni Talas (Budapest)	1934–1940
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen	1940–1951
Asko Ivalo	1951–1954
Bruno Kivikoski	1958–1959
Bruno Kivikoski	1958–1959	Ambassador
Aaro Pakaslahti	1959–1966
Hans Ruben Martola	1966–1967
Åke Frey	1968–1974
Wilhelm Schreck	1974–1976
Ulf-Erik Slotte	1977–1983
Klaus Castrén	1983–1986
Mauno Castrén	1986–1991
Risto Kauppi	1991–1995
Jan Groop	1995–1997
Björn Ekblom	1998–2000
Garth Castrén	2000–2004
Maria Serenius	2004–2008
Kirsti Eskeinen	2008–2012
Nina Vaskunlahti	2012–Present

Astana (Kazakhstan)

Presentative	Years	Status
Antti Koistinen	1993–1996	Roving Ambassador
Taisto Tolvanen	1996–2000
Tapio Saarela	2000–2004
Marja-Liisa Kiljunen	2004–2008
Timo Lahelma	2008–2010
Mikko Kinnunen	2009–2013	Ambassador
Ilkka Räisänen	2013–Present	Ambassador

Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates)

Presentative	Status	Years
Carolus Lassila (Jeddah)	Ambassador	1975–1977
Kai Helenius (Jeddah)		1977–1982
Pertti Ripatti (Kuwait City)		1982–1985
Esko Kunnamo (Kuwait City)		1985–1989
Tero Lehtovaara (Kuwait City/Helsinki)		1989–1991
Aleksei Lahden	Chargé d'Affaires	1991–1994
Pertti Kaukonen (Kuwait City)	Ambassador	1992–1997
Matti Pullinen		1997–2000
Risto Rekola		2000–2004
Raimo Anttola		2004–2007
Matti Lassila		2007–2011
Ilkka-Pekka Similä		2011–2015
Riittamaija Swan		2015–Present

Baghdad (Iraq)

Presentative	Years	Status
Aaro Pakaslahti	1959–1966	Envoy
Arto Tanner	1967–1969	Chargé d'Affaires
Martti Lintulahti	1969–1973	Chargé d'Affaires
Martti Lintulahti	1973–1975	Ambassador
Jaakko Keto	1975–1977
Jan Groop	1978–1981
Håkan Gropius	1981–1987
Henry Söderholm	1987–1990
Arne Hartman	1990–1991

The Embassy was closed during the Gulf War.

Bangkok (Thailand)

Presentative	Years	Status
Gustaf Ramstedt (Tokyo)	1919–1929	Chargé d'Affaires
Hugo Valvanne (New Delhi)	1954–1956	Envoy
Aaro Pakaslahti (New Delhi)	1958–1959
Sigurd von Numers (New Delhi)	1959–1961
Veli Helenius (New Delhi)	1961–1964	Ambassador
Asko Ivalo (New Delhi)	1964–1968
Fredrik Schreck (New Delhi)	1968–1974
Matti Cawén (Jakarta)	1975–1977
Tuure Mentula (Jakarta)	1977–1982
Klaus Snellman	1983–1984
Pasi Rutanen	1984–1986
Benjamin Bassin	1986–1990
Eero Salovaara	1990–1995
Tauno Kääriä	1995–2000
Heikki Tuunanen	2000–2005
Lars Backström	2005–2009
Sirpa Mäenpää	2009–2013
Kirsti Westphalen	2013–Present

Beirut (Lebanon)

Presentative	Years	Status
Bruno Kivikoski (Ankara)	1954–1959	Envoy
Atle Asanti (Cairo)	1959–1962
Osmo Orkomies (Cairo)	1962–1966
Soini Palasto (Cairo)	1966–1968	Ambassador
Carolus Lassila	1968–1974
Heikki Kalha	1974–1977
Arto Tanner	1977–1981
Veikko Hietanen	1981–1984

Finland's diplomatic relations to Lebanon was Presented by the Embassy in Damascos.

Canberra (Australia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Paavo Simelius (Sydney)	1949–1958	Chargé d'Affaires
Toivo Kala (Sydney)	1958–1963
Olavi Wanne (Sydney)	1963–1968
Tuure Mentula	1969–1975	Ambassador
Åke Backström	1975–1980
Veikko Huttunen	1980–1983
Osmo Lares	1983–1987
Ulf-Erik Slotte	1987–1991
Charles Murto	1991–1996
Esko Hamilo	1996–2001
Anneli Puura-Märkälä	2001–2005
Glen Lindholm	2005–2009
Maija Lähteenmäki	2010–2012
Pasi Patokallio	2013–Present

Damascos (Syria)

Presentative	Years	Status
Bruno Kivikoski (Ankara)	1954–1958	Envoy
Asko Ivalo (Rome)	1958–1959	Ambassador
Soini Palasto (Cairo)	1966–1969
Pekka Malinen (Cairo)	1969–1974
Joel Pekuri (Cairo)	1975–1978
Arto Tanner (Beirut)	1979–1981
Veikko Hietanen (Beirut)	1981–1984
Jyrki Aimonen	1984–1988
Juhani Muhonen	1988–1991
Arto Kurittu	1991–1995
Heikki Latvanen	1996–2001
Antti Koistinen	2001–2005
Pertti Harvola	2005–2008
Harri Mäki-Reinikka (Beirut)	2008–2012
Kari Kahiluoto (Beirut)	2012–2015
Matti Lassila (Beirut)	2015 –Present

During the start of the Syrian Civil War the Embassy was closed in 2012 and the staff was transfert to Beirut.

Beijing

Republic of China

Presentative	Years	Status
G. J. Ramstedt (Tokyo)	1919–1929	Chargé d'Affaires
Karl Gustaf Wähämäki (Shanghai)	1930–1931
Helge von Knorring (Shanghai)	1931–1932
Hugo Valvanne (Tokyo)	1936–1939	Envoy
Harald Tanner (Shanghai)	1939–1945	Chargé d'Affaires

People's Republic of China

Presentative	Years	Status
Hugo Valvanne (New Delhi)	1950–1952	Envoy
Helge von Knorring	1952–1953
Cay Sundström	1953–1954
Cay Sundström	1954–1959	Ambassador
Hugo Valvanne	1959–1961
Joel Toivola	1961–1967
Veli Helenius	1967–1974
Martti Salomies	1974–1976
Pentti Suomela	1976–1984
Risto Hyvärinen	1984–1989
Arto Mansala	1989–1992
Ilkka Ristimäki	1992–1997
Pasi Rutanen	1997–2001
Benjamin Bassin	2001–2005
Antti Kuosmanen	2005–2009
Lars Backström	2009–2013
Jari Gustafsson	2013–Present

Hanoi (Vietnam)

Presentative	Years	Status
Veli Helenius (Beijing)	1973–1974	Ambassador
Unto Tanskanen	1974–1977
Mauri Egert	1977–1980
Unto Korhonen	1980–1983
Esko Lipponen	1983–1986
Eero Saarikoski	1986–1987
Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä	1988–1989
Esko Lipponen	1990–1991
Kai Granholm	1991–1996
Juha Puromies	1996–2001
Kari Alanko	2002–2007
Pekka Hyvönen	2007–2011
Kimmo Lähdevirta	2011–2015
Ilkka-Pekka Similä	2015–Present

Islamabad (Pakistan)

Years	Presentative	Status
1951–1954	Asko Ivalo (Ankara)
1954–1959	Bruno Kivikoski (Ankara)
1959–1966	Aaro Pakaslahti (Ankara)
1966–1967	Hans Martola (Ankara)
1968–1974	Åke Frey (Ankara)
1975–1979	Kurt Uggeldahl (Tehran)
1980–1983	Unto Tanskanen (Tehran)
1983–1987	Timo Jalkanen
1987–1991	Tapani Brotherus (Tehran)
1991–1996	Eero Saarikoski (Tehran)
1997–2001	Antti Koistinen (Tehran)
2002–2005	Tarja Laitiainen (Helsinki)
2005–2008	Pirjo Mustonen	Ambassador
2008–Embassy closed	Ambassador
2012–Present	Rauli Suikkanen

Finland's diplomatic relations to Pakista was Presented by Ankara (1951-1974) and Tehran (1974–2001) Embassies

Jakarta (Indonesia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Hugo Valvanne (New Delhi)	1954–1956	Envoy
Aaro Pakaslahti (New Delhi)	1958–1959
Sigurd von Numers (New Delhi)	1959–1961
Veli Helenius (New Delhi)	1961–1964
Asko Ivalo (New Delhi)	1964–1968	Ambassador
Wilhelm Schreck (New Delhi)	1968–1974
Matti Cawén	1974–1977
Tuure Mentula	1977–1982
Pertti A. O. Kärkkäinen	1982–1985
Erik Heinrichs	1985–1989
Timo Koponen	1989–1992
Veli J. Ollikainen	1992–1995
Hannu Himanen	1996–2000
Matti Pullinen	2000–2003
Markku Niinioja	2003–2007
Antti Koistinen	2007–2010
Kai Sauer	2010–2014
Päivi Hiltunen-Toivion	2014–Present

Kabul (Afghanistan)

Presentative	Years	Status
Pauli Järvenpää	2006–2013	Ambassador
Ari Mäki	2013-2015
Anne Meskanen	2015–Present

Katmandu (Nepal)

Presentative	Years	Status
Riitta Örö (New Delhi)	1975–1979	Ambassador
Risto Hyvärinen (New Delhi)	1980–1984
Jan Groop (New Delhi)	1984–1988
Jyrki Aimonen (New Delhi)	1988–1991
Marjatta Rasi (New Delhi)	1991–1995
Kalevi Ahti	1992–1996	Chargé d'Affaires
Benjamin Bassin (New Delhi)	1995–2001	Ambassador
Esa Hurtig	1996–2000	Chargé d'Affaires
Asko Luukkainen	2000–2004	Chargé d'Affaires
Glen Lindholm (New Delhi)	2001–2005	Ambassador
Pauli Mustonen	2004–2006	Chargé d'Affaires
Asko Numminen (New Delhi)	2005–2009	Ambassador
Kari Karanko	2006–2007	Chargé d'Affaires
Pirkko-Liisa Kyöstilä	2007–2011	Chargé d'Affaires
Terhi Hakala (New Delhi)	2009–2011	Ambassador
Asko Luukkainen (Kathmandu)	2011–Present	Ambassador

Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)

Presentative	Status	Years
Matti Cawén (Jakarta)	1975–1977	Ambassador
Tuure Mentula (Jakarta)	1977–1982
Pertti Kärkkäinen (Jakarta)	1983–1985
Erik Heinrichs (Jakarta)	1985–1988
Erik Hellqvist	1988–1989
Pertti Ripatti	1989–1992
Ilkka Ruso	1992–1996
Erkki Huittinen	1996–2000
Unto Turunen	2000–2004
Lauri Korpinen	2004–2008
Tapio Saarela	2008–2012
Matti Pullinen	2012–Present

Kuwait

Presentative	Status	Years
Carolus Lassila (Beirut)	1969–1974	Ambassador
Heikki Kahla (Beirut)	1975–1977
Arto Tanner (Beirut)	1977–1980
Pertti Ripatti	1981–1985
Esko Kunnamo	1985–1989
Tero Lehtovaara	1989–1992
Pertti Kaukonen	1992–1998
Markku Niinioja	1998–2002

Finland's diplomatic relations to Kuwait is Presented by the Embassy in Riyadh since 2002.

Manila (Philippines)

Presentative	Years	Status
Ragnar Smedslund (Tokyo)	1958–1962	Envoy
Viljo Ahokas (Tokyo)	1962–1968	Ambassador
Åke Wihtol (Tokyo)	1968–1971
Aarno Karhilo (Tokyo)	1971–1972
Osmo Lares (Tokyo)	1973–1978
Henrik Blomstedt (Tokyo)	1978–1980
Klaus Snellman	1980–1984
Pasi Rutanen	1984–1987
Timo Jalkanen	1987–1991
Juha Puromies	1991–1993
Eero Salovaara (Bangkok)	1993–?
Juha Kuusi	1993–?
Pertti Majanen	1997–2000
Raimo Anttola	2000–2004
Riitta Resch	2004–2008
Heikki Hannikainen	2008–2012

Finland's diplomatic relations to the Philippinesis Presented by the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur since 2012

New Delhi (India)

Presentative	Status	Years
Hugo Valvanne	1949–1956	Envoy
Aaro Pakaslahti	1956–1959
Sigurd von Numers	1959–1961
Sigurd von Numers	1960–1961	Ambassador
Veli Helenius	1961–1964
Asko Ivalo	1964–1968
Wilhelm Schreck	1968–1974
Riitta Örö	1974–1979
Risto Hyvärinen	1979–1984
Jan Groop	1984–1988
Jyrki Aimonen	1988–1991
Marjatta Rasi	1991–1995
Benjamin Bassin	1995–2001
Glen Lindholm	2001–2005
Asko Numminen	2005–2009
Terhi Hakala	2009–Present

Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)

Years	Presentative	Status
Carolus Lassila (Beirut, from 1974 Jeddah)	1971–1977	Ambassador
Kai Helenius (Jeddah)	1977–1982
Unto Turunen (Jeddah, from 1985 Riyadh)	1983–1987
Pekka Harttila	1987–1991
Osmo Väinölä	1991–1993
Antero Viertiö	1993–1996
Kai Granholm	1996–2001
Heikki Puurunen	2001–2005
Martti Isoaro	2005–2010
Jarno Syrjälä	2010–Present

Seoul (South Korea)

Presentative	Years	Status
Osmo Lares (Tokyo)	1973–1978	Ambassador
Henrik Blomstedt (Tokyo)	1978–1984
Pauli Opas (Tokyo)	1984–1985
Juha Puromies (Tokyo)	1986–1991
Jorma Julin	1991–1996
Unto Turunen	1996–2000
Lauri Korpinen	2000–2004
Kim Luotonen	2004–2008
Pekka Wuoristo	2008–2012
Matti Heimonen	2012–Present

Singapore

Presentative	Years	Status
Wilhelm Schreck (New Delhi)	1973–1974	Ambassador
Riitta Örö (New Delhi)	1975–1979
Risto Hyvärinen (New Delhi)	1980–1982
Pertti Kärkkäinen (Jakarta)	1982–1985
Erik Heinrichs (Jakarta)	1985–1989
Timo Koponen (Jakarta)	1989–1992
Veli J. Ollikainen (Jakarta)	1992–1996
Jukka Leino	1994–1996	Chargé d'Affaires
Jukka Leino	1996–2000	Ambassador
Kim Luotonen	2000–2004
Risto Rekola	2004–2007
Satu Mattila	2007–2011
Ari Heikkinen	2011–Present

Tehran (Iran)

Presentative	Years	Status
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen (Moscow)	1934–1940	Envoy
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen (Ankara)	1948–1951
Asko Ivalo (Ankara)	1951–1954
Bruno Kivikoski (Ankara)	1954–1959
Aaro Pakaslahti (Ankara)	1959–1965
Aaro Pakaslahti (Ankara)	1965–1966	Ambassador
Hans Ruben Martola (Ankara)	1966–1967
Åke Frey (Ankara)	1968–1974
Kurt Uggeldahl	1974–1979
Martti Salomies	1979
Unto Tanskanen	1980–1983
Timo Jalkanen	1983–1987
Tapani Brotherus	1987–1991
Eero Saarikoski	1991–1996
Antti Koistinen	1996–2001
Yrjö Karinen	2001–2005
Heikki Puurunen	2005–2009
Harri Salmi	2009–Present

Tel Aviv (Israel)

Presentative	Years	Status
Toivo Ilmari Kala	1952–1958	Chargé d'Affaires
Joel Toivola	1958–1961
Risto Solanko	1961–1962
Risto Solanko	1962–1964	Ambassador
Hans Ruben Martola	1964–1966
Algar von Heiroth	1966–1975
Matti Kahiluoto	1975–1981
Paaso Helminen	1981–1982
Erkki Mäentakanen	1982–1984
Taneli Kekkonen	1984–1985
Osmo Väinölä	1985–1989
Pekka J. Korvenheimo	1989–1993
Arto Tanner	1993–1997
Pasi Patokallio	1998–2003
Kari Veijalainen	2003–2007
Per-Mikael Engberg	2007–2011
Leena-Kaisa Mikkola	2011–Present

Europe

Athens (Greece)

Presentative	Years	Status
Väinö Tanner (Bucharest)	1920–1923	Chargé d'Affaires
Pontus Artti (Rome)	1931–1936	Envoy
Rafael Erich (Rome)	1936–1938
Eero Järnefelt (Rome)	1938–1940
Niilo Orasmaa (Belgrade)	1954–1956
Otso Wartiovaara (Belgrade)	1956–1961
Olavi Raustila (Belgrade)	1961–1965
Olavi Raustila (Belgrade)	1965
Taneli Kekkonen (Belgrade)	1966–1970	Ambassador
Olli Bergman (Belgrade)	1970–1972
Risto Hyvärinen (Belgrade)	1972–1975
Eeva-Kristiina Forsman	1976–1977
Heikki Kalha	1977–1980
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen	1980–1985
Paul Jyrkänkallio	1985–1988
Erkki Tiilikainen	1988–1992
Ralf Friberg	1992–1995
Antti Lassila	1995–1997
Arto Tanner	1998–2000
Tapani Brotherus	2000–2003
Ole Norrback	2003–2007
Erkki Huittinen	2007–2011
Pekka Lintu	2011–2014
Pauli Mäkelä	2014–Present

Belgrade

Kingdom of Yugoslavia

Presentative	Years	Status
Onni Talas (Budapest)	1934–1940	Envoy
Eduard Palin (Bucharest)	1941	Envoy

Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

Presentative	Years	Status
Ville Niskanen	1948–1953	Envoy
Niilo Orasmaa	1953–1956
Otso Wartiovaara	1956–1958
Otso Wartiovaara	1958–1961	Ambassador
Olavi Raustila	1961–1965
Taneli Kekkonen	1965–1970
Olli Bergman	1970–1972
Risto Hyvärinen	1972–1975
Eeva-Kristiina Forsman	1975–1980
Matti Kahiluoto	1981–1984
Heikki Talvitie	1984–1988
Jorma Inki	1988–1991

Serbia and Montenegro

Presentative	Years	Status
Mauno Castrén	1991–1992	Ambassador
Ilpo Manninen	1994–1998	Chargé d'Affaires
Hannu Mäntyvaara	1998–2002	Ambassador

Serbia

Presentative	Years	Status
Anna-Maija Korpi	2002–2007	Ambassador
Kari Veijalainen	2007–2011
Pekka Orpana	2011–2015
Pertti Ikonen	2015–Present

Berlin

Germany

Finland's Presentative at the German Empire and Weimar Republic based in Berlin.

Presentative	Years	Status
Edvard Hjelt	1918	Chargé d'Affaires
Edvard Hjelt	1918–1919	Envoy
Juho Jännes	1919–1920	Envoy
Harri Holma	1920–1921	Chargé d'Affaires
Harri Holma	1921–1927	Envoy
Wäinö Wuolijoki	1927–1933
Aarne Wuorimaa	1933–1940
Toivo Kivimäki	1940–1944

German Democratic Republic

Finland's Presentative at the German Democratic Republic based in East Berlin.

Presentative	Years	Status
Esko Vaartela	1973–1974	Ambassador
Osmo Kock	1974–1979
Kuuno Honkonen	1979–1983
Ensio Helaniemi	1983–1986
Arto Tanner	1986–1990

Federal Republic of Germany

Finland's Presentative at the Federal Republic of Germany based in Bonn.

Presentative	Years	Status
Yrjö Väänänen	1973–1974	Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm	1974–1977
Pentti Talvitie	1977–1979
Arvo Rytkönen	1979–1980
Heikki Kalha	1980–1985
Antti Karppinen	1985–1990

Germany

Finland's Presentative at the Federal Republic of Germany based in Berlin.

Presentative	Years	Status
Kai Helenius	1990–1996	Ambassador
Arto Mansala	1996–2001
Leif Fagernäs	2001–2004
René Nyberg	2004–2008
Harry Helenius	2008–2011
Päivi Luostarinen	2011–2015
Ritva Koukku-Ronde	2015–Present

Bern (Switzerland)

Presentative	Years	Status
Rafael Erich (Geneva)	1926–1927	Envoy
Rudolf Holsti (Geneva)	1927–1940	Envoy
Hugo Valvanne	1940–1941	Chargé d'Affaires
Tapio Voionmaa	1941–1946	Envoy
Heikki Leppo	1946–1948	Chargé d'Affaires
Reinhold Svento	1948–1951	Envoy
Åke Gartz	1951–1953
Helge von Knorring	1953–1956
Hugo Valvanne	1956–1957
Hugo Valvanne	1957–1959	Ambassador
Osmo Orkomies	1959–1962
Olavi Munkki	1962–1965
Ragnar Smedslund	1965–1967
Björn-Olof Alholm	1968–1970
Martti Salomies	1970–1974
Kaarlo Mäkelä	1974–1976
Joel Toivola	1976–1982
Richard Tötterman	1983–1990
Paavo Kaarlehto	1990–1992
Henry Söderholm	1992–1996
Olli Mennander	1996–2001
Antti Hynninen	2001–2005
Pekka Ojanen	2005–2009
Alpo Rusi	2009–2014
Jari Luoto	2014–Present

Bratislava

Republic of Slovakia (1939–1945)

Presentative	Years	Status
T. M. Kivimäki (Berlin)	1940–1944	Envoy
Tauno Suontausta	1944–1943	Chargé d'Affaires
Ernst Bertil Sohlberg	1944	Chargé d'Affaires

Slovak Republic (1993–)

Presentative	Years	Status
Pauli Opas (Prague)	1993–1994	Ambassador
Esko Rajakoski (Prague)	1994–1999
Risto Rännäli (Prague)	1999–2001
Tom Grönberg (Vienna)	2001–2004
Rauno Viemerö	2004–2008
Jukka Leino	2008–2012
Henna Knuuttila	2012–Present	Chargé d'Affaires

Brussels (Belgium)

Presentative	Years	Status
Yrjö Saastamoinen (The Hague)	1920	Chargé d'Affaires
G. A. Gripenberg (The Hague)	1921–1923
Yrjö Saastamoinen (The Hague)	1923–1924
Yrjö Saastamoinen (The Hague)	1924–1925
Carl Enckell (Paris)	1926–1927	Envoy
Harri Holma (Paris)	1927–1938
Leonard Åström	1938–1939
Hugo Valvanne	1939–1940
Ragnar Nummelin	1947–1956
Tapio Voionmaa	1950–1957
Lauri Hjelt	1957–1959	Ambassador
Alexander Thesleff	1959–1963
Olavi Murto	1963–1967
Reino Honkaranta	1967–1970
Aarni Talvitie	1970–1975
Åke Wihtol	1975–1981
Paavo Kaarlehto	1981–1985
Heikki Talvitie	1985–1991
Olli Mennander	1991–1995
Aapo Pölhö	2007–2011
Per-Mikael Engberg	2011–Present

Budapest (Hungary)

Years	Presentative	Status
K. G. Idman (Copenhagen)	1922–1927	Envoy
E. N. Setälä (Copenhagen)	1927–1930
Onni Talas (Copenhagen)	1930–1934
Onni Talas	1934–1940
A. O. Wuorimaa	1940–1944
Uno Koistinen	1950–1951	Chargé d'Affaires
Otto Hjelt	1951–1957
Toivo Heikkilä	1957–1960
Toivo Heikkilä	1960–1963	Ambassador
Reino Palas	1963–1965
Olavi Raustila	1965–1969
Martti Ingman	1969–1973
Paul Jyrkänkallio	1973–1977
Kaarlo Juhana Yrjö-Koskinen	1977–1979
Osmo Väinölä	1979–1985
Arto Mansala	1985–1989
Risto Hyvärinen	1989–1992
Pertti Torstila	1992–1996
Jaakko Kaurinkoski	1996–1998
Hannu Halinen	1998–2002
Pekka Kujasalo	2002–2007
Jari Vilén	2007–2012
Pasi Tuominen	2012–Present

Bucharest (Romania)

Presentative	Years	Status
Väinö Tanner	1920	Presentative
Väinö Tanner (Warsaw)	1920–1921	Chargé d'Affaires
Väinö Tanner (Warsaw)	1921–1923	Envoy
Hjalmar J. Procopé (Warsaw)	1927–1928
Karl Gustaf Idman (Warsaw)	1928–1938
Bruno Kivikoski (Warsaw)	1938–1939
Ensio Hiitonen	1939	Chargé d'Affaires
Bruno Kivikoski	1939–1941	Envoy
Eduard Palin	1941–1945
Cay Sundström (Moscow)	1949–1953
Åke Gartz (Moscow)	1953–1955
Eero A. Wuori (Moscow)	1955–1956
Gunnar Palmroth (Warsaw)	1956–1958
Jorma Vanamo (Warsaw)	1958–1960
Matti Pyykkö	1960–1962	Chargé d'Affaires
Vesa Hiekkanen	1962–1963
Martti Salomies	1963
Martti Salomies	1963–1966	Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm	1966–1968
Kaarlo Mäkelä	1968–1972
Pentti Suomela	1972–1976
Matti Häkkänen	1976–1980
Olli Bergman	1980–1983
Jussi Montonen	1984–1986
Osmo Kock	1987–1990
Bo Ådahl	1990–1992
Timo Koponen	1992–1996
Mikko Heikinheimo	1996–2000
Pekka Harttila	2000–2004
Tapio Saarela	2004–2008
Irmeli Mustonen	2008–2011
Ulla Väistö	2011–2015
Päivi Pohjanheimo	2015–Present

Dublin (Ireland)

Presentative	Years	Status
Alexander Thesleff (Brussels)	1961–1963	Envoy
Olavi Murto (Brussels)	1963–1964
Sigurd von Numers (The Hague)	1964–1965
Sigurd von Numers (The Hague)	1965–1970	Ambassador
Paul Gustafsson (The Hague)	1970–1973
Henrik Blomstedt (The Hague)	1973–1978
Ensio Helaniemi (The Hague)	1978–1983
Matti Häkkänen (The Hague)	1983–1987
Osmo Lares (The Hague, from 1989 Dublin)	1987–1991
Ulf-Erik Slotte	1991–1996
Timo Jalkanen	1996–2001
Pekka Oinonen	2001–2005
Seppo Kauppila	2005–2009
Pertti Majanen	2009–2013
Hilkka Nenonen	2013–Present

The Hague (Netherlands)

Presentative	Years	Status
Erik Ehrström	1919	Presentative
Yrjö Saastamoinen	1919–1920	Presentative
Yrjö Saastamoinen	1920–1921	Chargé d'Affaires
G. A. Gripenberg	1921–1923
Yrjö Saastamoinen	1923–1924
Yrjö Saastamoinen	1924–1925
Armas Saastamoinen (London)	1926–1932	Envoy
Harald Hellström	1932	Chargé d'Affaires
Wäinö Wuolijoki (Oslo)	1933–1938	Envoy
Leonard Åström (Brussels)	1938–1939
Hugo Valvanne (Brussels)	1939–1940
Paavo Pajula (Copenhagen)	1940
Asko Ivalo	1947–1951
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen	1951
Aarne Wuorimaa	1951–1957
Aarne Wuorimaa	1957–1959	Ambassador
Helge von Knorring	1969–1964
Sigurd von Numers	1964–1970
Paul Gustafson	1970–1973
Henrik Blomstedt	1973–1978
Ensio Helaniemi	1978–1983
Matti Häkkänen	1983–1987
Osmo Lares	1987–1989
Joel Pekuri	1989–1991
Erkki Mäentakanen	1991–1997
Pertti Harvola	1998–2001
Pekka Säilä	2001–2005
Mikko Jokela	2005–2009
Klaus Korhonen	2009–2013
Liisa Talonpoika	2013–Present

Kiev (Ukraine)

Presentative	Years	Status
Herman Gummerus	1918–1919	Chargé d'Affaires
Boris Gyllenbögel	1920	Presentative
Erik Ulfstedt	1992–1995	Ambassador
Martti Isoaro	1996–2000
Timo Repo	2001–2003
Laura Reinilä	2003–2007
Christer Michelsson	2007–2011
Arja Makkonen	2011–2015
Juha Virtanen	2015– Present

Copenhagen (Denmark)

Presentative	Status	Years
Armas Saastamoinen	1918	Chargé d'Affaires
Armas Saastamoinen	1918–1919	Envoy
Werner Cajanus	1919	Chargé d'Affaires
K. G. Idman	1919–1927	Envoy
E. N. Setälä	1927–1930
Onni Talas	1930–1934
Rolf Thesleff	1934–1938
Paavo Pajula	1939–1945
P. J. Hynninen	1946–1953
Päivö Tarjanne	1953–1954
Päivö Tarjanne	1954–1956	Ambassador
Oskar Vahervuori	1956–1957
Armas Yöntilä	1957–1959
Olli Kaila	1959–1961
Päivö Tarjanne	1961–1970
Jaakko Hallama	1970–1974
Veli Helenius	1974–1977
Yrjö Väänänen	1977–1985
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen	1985–1990
Johannes Bäckström	1990–1995
Ralf Friberg	1995–2001
Pekka Ojanen	2001–2005
Eero Salovaara	2005–2009
Maarit Jalava	2009–2013
Ann-Marie Nyroos	2013–Present

Lisbon (Portugal)

Presentative	Years	Status
Onni Talas (Madrid)	1920–1921	Presentative
Yrjö Saastamoinen (Madrid)	1921–1923	Chargé d'Affaires
G. A. Gripenberg (Madrid)	1923–1929
Niilo Orasmaa (Madrid)	1929–1933
George Winckelmann (Madrid)	1933–1945
	1933–1934
	1940–1945	Envoy
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen (The Hague)	1951
Aarne Wuorimaa (The Hague)	1951–1959
Helge von Knorring (The Hague)	1959–1964
Olavi Munkki (Bern)	1964–1965
Ragnar Smedslund (Bern)	1965–1967	Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm (Bern)	1968–1970
Martti Salomies (Bern)	1970–1974
Kaarlo Mäkelä (Bern)	1974–1976
Joel Toivola (Bern)	1977–1979
Pekka J. Korvenheimo	1975–1978	Chargé d'Affaires
Pentti Talvitie	1979–1984	Ambassador
Lars Lindeman	1984–1985
Pekka Malinen	1985–1988
Olli Auero	1988–1991
Dieter Vitzthum von Eckstädt	1991–1997
Matti Häkkänen	1997–2001
Esko Kiuru	2001–2005
Sauli Feodorow	2005–2009
Asko Numminen	2009–Present

Ljubljana (Slovenia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Alec Aalto (Vienna)	1992–1995	Ambassador
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen (Vienna)	1995–1998
Tom Grönberg (Vienna)	1998–2004
Birgitta Stenius-Mladenov	2004–2009
Laura Kakko	2009–2011
Pekka Metso	2011–Present

London (United Kingdom)

Presentative	Years	Status
Rudolf Holsti	1918–1919	Presentative
Ossian Donner	1919–1926
Armas Saastamoinen	1926–1932
G. A. Gripenberg	1933–1942
Eero A. Wuori	1945–1947
Eero A. Wuori	1947–1952
Ernst Soravuo	1952–1955
Sakari Tuomioja	1955–1957	Ambassador
Leo Tuominen	1957–1968
Otso Wartiovaara	1968–1974
Richard Tötterman	1975–1983
Ilkka Pastinen	1983–1991
Leif Blomqvist	1991–1997
Pertti Salolainen	1996–2004
Jaakko Laajava	2005–2010
Pekka Huhtaniemi	2010–2015
Päivi Luostarinen	2015– Present

Luxembourg

Presentative	Years	Status
G. A. Gripenberg (The Hague)	1921–1923	Chargé d'Affaires
Yrjö Saastamoinen (The Hague)	1923–1924
Yrjö Saastamoinen (The Hague)	1924–1925
Carl Enckell (Paris)	1926–1927	Envoy
Harri Holma (Paris)	1927–1940
Ragnar Numelin	1947–1950
Olavi Voionmaa (Brussels)	1950–1957
Otto Hjelt (Brussels)	1957–1959
Alexander Thesleff (Brussels)	1959–1963
Olavi Murto (Brussels)	1963–1964
Reino Honkaranta (Brussels)	1967–1970	Ambassador
Aarni Talvitie (Brussels)	1970–1975
Åke Wihtol (Brussels)	1975–1981
Paavo Kaarlehto (Brussels)	1981–1985
Aarni Talvitie (Brussels)	1985–1991
Olli Mennander (Brussels)	1991–1995
Johannes Bäckström	1995–1998
Henry Söderholm	1998–2001
Sauli Feodorow	2001–2005
Tarja Laitiainen	2005–2009
Marja Lehto	2009–Present

Madrid (Spain)

Presentative	Years	Status
Lorenzo Kihlman	1918–1919	Chargé d'Affaires
Onni Talas	1919–1921
Herman Saastamoinen	1921–1923
G. A. Gripenberg	1923–1929
Yrjö Orasmaa	1929–1933
George Winckelmann	1933–1934
	1934–1940
	1940–1945	Envoy
Karl Brotherus	1955–1957	Chargé d'Affaires
Tapio Voionmaa	1957–1960	Ambassador
Lauri Hjelt	1961–1966
Aaro Pakaslahti	1966–1969
Jussi Montonen	1969–1972
Heikki Hannikainen	1972–1978
Joel Pekuri	1978–1984
Carolus Lassila	1984–1987
Heikki Kalha	1988–1990
Eeva-Kristiina Forsman	1990–1996
Pekka J. Korvenheimo	1996–2001
Charles Murto	2001–2005
Maija Lähteenmäki	2005–2009
Markku Keinänen	2009–2013
Roberto Tanzi-Albi	2013–Present

Moscow

Soviet Union

Presentative	Years	Status
Anders Ahonen	1921	Presentative
Eero Järnefelt	1921	Chargé d'Affaires
Karl Gyllenbögel	1921–1922
Eero Järnefelt	1922–1923
Antti Hackzell	1922–1927	Envoy
Pontus Artti	1927–1930
Aarno Yrjö-Koskinen	1931–1939
Juho Kusti Paasikivi	1940–1941
Cay Sundström	1945–1953
Åke Gartz	1953–1954
Åke Gartz	1954–1955	Ambassador
Eero A. Wuori	1955–1963
Jorma Vanamo	1963–1967
Jaakko Hallama	1967–1970
Björn-Olof Alholm	1970–1974
Jaakko Hallama	1974–1982
Aarno Karhilo	1983–1988
Heikki Talvitie	1988–1992

Russia

Presentative	Years	Status
Heikki Talvitie	1991–1992	Ambassador
Arto Mansala	1993–1996
Markus Lyra	1996–2000
René Nyberg	2000–2004
Harry Helenius	2004–2008
Matti Anttonen	2008–2012
Hannu Himanen	2012–Present

Nicosia (Cyprus)

Presentative	Years	Status
Oskar Vahervuori (Rome)	1961–1964	Envoy
Oskar Vahervuori (Rome)	1964–1968	Ambassador
Leo Tuominen (Rome)	1968–1969
Jorma Vanamo (Rome)	1970–1975
Matti Kahiluoto (Tel Aviv)	1975–1981
Paaso Helminen (Tel Aviv)	1981–1982
Erkki Mäentakanen (Tel Aviv)	1982–1984
Taneli Kekkonen (Tel Aviv)	1984–1985
Osmo Väinölä (Tel Aviv)	1985–1989
Pekka J. Korvenheimo (Tel Aviv)	1989–1993
Arto Tanner (Tel Aviv)	1993–1997
Pasi Patokallio (Tel Aviv)	1997–2003
Kari Veijalainen (Tel Aviv)	2003–2004
Risto Piipponen	2004–2008
Riitta Resch	2008–2012
Anu Saarela	2013–Present

Oslo (Norway)

Presentative	Years	Status
Allan Serlachius	1918–1919	Envoy
Rolf Thesleff	1919–1925
Östen Elfving	1926–1930
Wäinö Wuolijoki	1933–1940
Päivö Tarjanne	1945–1950
Eduard Palin	1950–1954
Eduard Palin	1954–1958	Ambassador
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson	1958–1966
Pentti Suomela	1966–72
Reino Honkaranta	1972
Olavi Munkki	1973–76
Lars Lindeman	1976–84
Henrik Blomstedt	1984–88
Kaarlo Juhana Yrjö-Koskinen	1988–93
Jorma Inki	1993–99
Ole Norrback	1999–2003
Pekka Huhtaniemi	2003–2005
Peter Stenlund	2006–2010
Maimo Henriksson	2010–2014
Erik Lundberg	2014–Present

Paris (France)

Presentative	Years	Status
Lorenzo Kihlman	1918	Chargé d'Affaires
Erik Ehrström	1918–1919	Presentative
Carl Enckell	1919–1927	Envoy
Harri Holma	1927–1943
Johan Helo	1945–1954
Johan Helo	1954–1956	Ambassador
Rafael Seppälä	1956–1958
Gunnar Palmroth	1958–1965
Rafael Seppälä	1965–1972
Ralph Enckell	1972–1976
Aarno Karhilo	1977–1982
Ossi Sunell	1983–1986
Seppo Pietinen	1986–1988
Matti Häkkänen	1988–1993
Klaus Törnudd	1993–1996
Antti Hynninen	1997–2001
Esko Hamilo	2001–2005
Charles Murto	2005–2008
Pilvi-Sisko Vierros Villeneuve	2009–2013
Risto Piipponen	2013–Present

Prague

Czechoslovakia

Presentative	Years	Status
K. G. Idman (Riga, from 1928 Warsaw)	1927–1935	Envoy
Armas Yöntilä	1935–1938	Chargé d'Affaires
Ensio Hiitonen	1938–1939	Chargé d'Affaires
Eduard Palin	1947–1950	Envoy
Ragnar Numelin	1950–1953
Urho Toivola	1953–1957
Jaakko Ahokas	1957–1959
Jaakko Ahokas	1959–1962	Ambassador
Atle Asanti	1962–1972
Joel Toivola	1972–1976
Olli Auero	1976–1980
Antti Karppinen	1980–1985
Eero Yrjölä	1985–1990
Pauli Opas	1990–1992

Czech Republic

Presentative	Years	Status
Pauli Opas	1993–1994	Ambassador
Esko Rajakoski	1994–1999
Risto Rännäli	1999–2003
Jorma Inki	2003–2007
Hannu Kyröläinen	2007–2014
Helena Tuuri	2014-

Reykjavik (Iceland)

Presentative	Years	Status
Päivö Tarjanne (Oslo)	1947–1950	Envoy
Eduard Palin (Oslo)	1950–1958
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson (Oslo)	1958–1964
Tyyne Leivo-Larsson (Oslo)	1964–1965	Ambassador
Pentti Suomela (Oslo)	1966–1972
Olavi Munkki (Oslo)	1973–1976
Lars Lindeman	1976–1982
Martin Isaksson	1982–1985
Anders Huldén	1985–1989
Håkan Branders	1989–1993
Tom Söderman	1993–2000
Timo Koponen	2000–2004
Kai Granholm	2004–2008
Hannu Hämäläinen	2008–2010
Ari Tasanen	2010–2011	Chargé d'Affaires
Irma Ertman	2011–2014	Ambassador
Valtteri Hirvonen	2014–Present	Ambassador

Riga (Latvia)

Years	Presentative	Status
Reino Sylvander	1920–1921	Presentative
Erkki Reijonen (Tallinn)	1922–1923	Envoy
Rudolf Holsti (Tallinn)	1923–1926
Reino Sylvander	1926–1927)
K. G. Idman	1927–1928
Paavo Hynninen	1928–1933
Eduard Palin	1933–1940
Antti Lassila	1991–1995	Ambassador
Hannu Hämäläinen	1995–2000
Kirsti Eskelinen	2000–2004
Pekka Wuoristo	2004–2008
Maria Serenius	2008–2012
Pirkko Hämäläinen	2012–Present

Rome (Italy)

Presentative	Years	Status
Herman Gummerus	1919	Chargé d'Affaires
Herman Gummerus	1920–1925	Envoy
Rolf Thesleff	1925–1930
Pontus Artti	1931–1936
Rafael Erich	1936–1938
Eero Järnefelt	1938–1940
Onni Talas	1940–1944
Harri Holma	1947–1953
Asko Ivalo	1954
Asko Ivalo	1954–1961	Ambassador
Oskar Vahervuori	1961–1968
Leo Tuominen	1968–1969
Jorma Vanamo	1970–1975
Taneli Kekkonen	1975–1980
Paul Jyrkänkallio	1980–1985
Eeva-Kristiina Forsman	1985–1990
Ossi Sunell	1990–1993
Matti Häkkänen	1993–1997
Dieter Vitzthum	1997–2003
Alec Aalto	2003–2006
Pauli Mäkelä	2006–2010
Petri Tuomi-Nikula	2010–2015
Janne Taalas	2015–Present

Sofia (Bulgaria)

Presentative	Years	Status
Väinö Tanner	1920–1921	Chargé d'Affaires
Väinö Tanner	1921–1923	Envoy
Pontus Artti (Rome)	1932–1934
Onni Talas (Budapest)	1934–1940
Aarne Wuorimaa (Budapest)	1940–1944
Ville Niskanen (Belgrade)	1948–1950
Cay Sundström (Moscow)	1950–1953
Åke Gartz (Moscow)	1953–1955
Eero A. Wuori (Moscow)	1955–1956
Gunnar Palmroth (Warsaw)	1956–1958
Jorma Vanamo (Warsaw)	1958–1963
Martti Ingman (Warsaw)	1963–1964
Wilhelm Schreck	1964–1968	Ambassador
Paul Jyrkänkallio	1969–1972
Soini Palasto	1972–1979
Esko Vaartela	1979–1983
Åke Backström	1983–1986
Klaus Snellman	1986–1989
Pekka Oinonen	1990–1992
Mauno Castrén	1992–1994
Tapio Saarela	1995–2000
Taisto Tolvanen	2000–2005
Kauko Jämsén	2005–2009
Tarja Laitiainen	2009–2012
Harri Salmi	2012–Present

Tallinn (Estonia)

Presentative	Years	Status
Erkki Reijonen	1919–1920	Presentative
	1920–1921	Chargé d'Affaires
	1921–1923	Envoy
Rudolf Holsti	1923–1927
A. O. Wuorimaa	1928–1933
P. J. Hynninen	1933–1940
Jaakko Kaurinkoski	1991–1996	Ambassador
Pekka Oinonen	1996–2001
Jaakko Blomberg	2001–2005
Jaakko Kalela	2005–2010
Aleksi Härkönen	2010–2014
Kirsti Narinen	2014–Present

Stockholm (Sweden)

Presentative	Years	Status
Alexis Gripenberg	1918	Chargé d'Affaires
Alexis Gripenberg	1918–1919	Envoy
Werner Söderhjelm	1919–1928
Rafael Erich	1928–1936
Juho Kusti Paasikivi	1936–1939
Eljas Erkko	1939–1940
Jarl Axel Wasastjerna	1940–1943
G. A. Gripenberg	1943–1954
G. A. Gripenberg	1954–1956	Ambassador
Päivö Tarjanne	1956–1961
Sakari Tuomioja	1961–1964
Eero A. Wuori	1964–1965	Chargé d'Affaires
Carl Enckell	1965–1969	Ambassador
Leo Tuominen	1969–1972
Max Jakobson	1972–1975
Jorma Vanamo	1975–1980
Verner Gustafsson	1980–1983
Björn-Olof Alholm	1983–1991
Matti Kahiluoto	1991–1996
Heikki Talvitie	1996–2002
Pertti Torstila	2002–2006
Alec Aalto	2006–2010
Markus Lyra	2010–2011
Harry Helenius	2011–Present

Warsaw (Poland)

Presentative	Years	Status
Boris Gyllenbögel	1919–1920	Chargé d'Affaires
Boris Gyllenbögel	1920–1921	Envoy
Erik Gustaf Ehrström	1922–1926
Hjalmar J. Procopé	1926–1928
Karl Gustaf Idman	1928–1938
Bruno Kivikoski (from 1939 Bucharest)	1938–1940
Eero Järnefelt	1945–1954
Eero Järnefelt	1954–1955	Ambassador
Gunnar Palmroth	1955–1958
Jorma Vanamo	1958–1963
Martti Ingman	1963–1967
Osmo Orkomies	1967–1972
Jussi Montonen	1972–1976
Ralph Enckell	1976–1980
Taneli Kekkonen	1980–1984
Olavi Rautio	1984–1987
Unto Turunen	1988–1991
Jyrki Aimonen	1991–1995
Seppo Kauppila	1995–2000
Hannu Hämäläinen	2000–2004
Jan Store	2004–2008
Vesa Himanen	2008–2012
Jari Vilén	2012–2014
Hanna Lehtinen	2014–Present

Holy See

Presentative	Years	Status
G. A. Gripenberg	1942–1943	Envoy
Harri Holma	1943–1947	Envoy
Göran Stenius	1947–1951	Chargé d'Affaires

Finland's diplomatic relations to Holy See was Presented by the Bern, Madrid, Vienna, Cairo and Warsawembassies.

Vilnius (Lithuania)

Presentative	Years	Status
Reino Sylvander (Riga)	1920–1921	Presentative
	1921–1926	Chargé d'Affaires
	1926–1927	Envoy
K. G. Idman (Riga)	1927–1928
P. J. Hynninen (Riga)	1928–1933
Eduard Palin (Riga)	1933–1940
Taisto Tolvanen	1992–1996	Ambassador
Rauno Viemerö	1996–2000
Taina Kiekko	2000–2004
Timo Lahelma	2004–2008
Marja-Liisa Kiljunen	2008–2012
Harri Mäki-Reinikka	2013–2016
Christer Michelsson	2016–Present

Vienna (Austria)

Years	Presentative	Status
Harri Holma (Berlin)	1921–1927	Envoy
Wäinö Wuolijoki (Berlin)	1927–1933
Onni Talas (Copenhagen/Budapest)	1933–1938
Eduard Palin (Prague)	1949–1950
Ragnar Nummelin (Prague)	1950–1953
Urho Toivola (Prague)	1953–1957
Carl Olof Frietsch	1957–1961	Chargé d'Affaires
Otso Wartiovaara	1961–1968	Ambassador
Jussi Mäkinen	1968–1976
Seppo Pietinen	1976–1980
Björn-Olof Alholm	1980–1983
Kaarlo Juhana Yrjö-Koskinen	1983–1988
Matti Kahiluoto	1988–1991
Alec Aalto	1991–1995
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen	1995–1998
Tom Grönberg	1998–2005
Kirsti Kauppi	2005–2009
Marjatta Rasi	2009–2013
Anu Laamanen	2013–Present

Zagreb (Croatia)

Years	Presentative	Status
Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä	1997–1998	Ambassador
Osmo Lipponen	1998–2002
Ilpo Manninen	2002–2007
Ann-Marie Nyroos	2007–2010
Juha Ottman	2010–2013
Timo Rajakangas	2013–Present

South America

Buenos Aires (Argentina)

Presentative	Years	Status
Georg Achates Gripenberg	1929–1933	Envoy
Eino Wälikangas	1934–1937
Niilo Orasmaa	1937–1945
Ernst Soravuo	1947–1952
Leo Tuominen	1952–1955
Heikki Leppo	1955–1957
Heikki Leppo	1957–1961	Ambassador
Soini Palasto	1961–1966
Alexander Amatus Thesleff	1966–1974
Paavo Kaarlehto	1974–1975
Klaus Castrén	1975–1983
Esko Rajakoski	1983–1987
Matti Häkkänen	1987–1988
Pertti Kärkkäinen	1988–1993
Pekka J. Korvenheimo	1993–1996
Erkki Kivimäki	1996–2001
Risto Veltheim	2001–2005
Ritva Jolkkonen	2005–2008
Jukka Siukosaari	2008–2012

Bogotá (Colombia)

Presentative	Status	Years
Johan Nykopp (Washington, D.C.)	1954–1958	Envoy
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1958–1962	Envoy
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1962–1964	Ambassador
Heikki Hannikainen (Lima)	1964–1967
Torsten Tikanvaara (Lima)	1967–1976
Klaus Snellman (Lima)	1976–1980
Seppo Pietinen (Lima)	1980–1982
Erkki Pajari	1982–1985
Lasse Oka	1985–1988
Risto Rekola	1989–1992

Finland's diplomatic relations to Colombia was Presented by the CaracasEmbassy

Caracas (Venezuela)

Presentative	Years	Status
Johan Nykopp (Washington, D.C.)	1954–1958	Envoy
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1958–1964	Envoy
Heikki Hannikainen (Lima)	1964–1967	Ambassador
Torsten Tikanvaara (Lima)	1967–1976
Klaus Snellman (Lima)	1976–1980
Erkki Kivimäki	1980–1985
Pertti Ripatti	1985–1989
Esko Rajakoski	1989–1994
Teppo Takala	1994–1998
Iivo Salmi	1998–2002
Ora Meres-Wuori	2002–2006
Mikko Pyhälä	2006–2011

Caracasin Embassy was closed in 2011.

Brasília (Brazil)

Presentative	Years	Status
G. A. Gripenberg (Buenos Aires)	1929–1933	Envoy
Eino Wälikangas (Buenos Aires)	1934–1937
Eino Wälikangas (Rio de Janeiro)	1937–1945
Niilo Orasmaa (Rio de Janeiro)	1946–1950
Oskar Vahervuori (Rio de Janeiro)	1950–1956
Martti Ingman (Rio de Janeiro)	1956–1958
Martti Ingman (Rio de Janeiro, from 1960 Brasília)	1958–1963	Ambassador
Toivo Heikkilä	1963–1964
Heikki Leppo	1964–1974
Åke Frey	1974–1975
Martti Lintulahti	1975–1982
Pekka Korvenheimo	1982–1987
Risto Kauppi	1987–1991
Juhani Muhonen	1991–1993
Pertti Harvola	1993–1997
Asko Numminen	1998–2002
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	2002–2007
Ilpo Manninen	2007–2010
Jari Luoto	2010–2014
Markku Virri	2014–Present

Lima (Peru)

Presentative	Status	Years
Heikki Hannikainen	1964–1967	Ambassador
Torsten Tikanvaara	1967–1976
Klaus Snellman	1976–1980
Seppo Pietinen	1980–1983
Riitta Örö	1983–1986
Esko Lipponen	1986–1991
Pertti A. O. Kärkkäinen (Buenos Aires)	1991–1993
Pekka J. Korvenheimo (Buenos Aires)	1993
Maija Lähteenmäki (Santiago de Chile)	1993–1995
Risto Kauppi (Santiago de Chile)	1995–1998
Mikko Pyhälä	1998–2002
Kimmo Pulkkinen	2002–2007
Pekka Orpana	2007–2011
Juha Virtanen	2011–2015
Mika Koskinen	2015–Present

Santiago (Chile)

Presentative	Years	Status
G. A. Gripenberg (Buenos Aires)	1931–1933	Envoy
Eino Wälikangas (Buenos Aires)	1934–1937
Niilo Orasmaa (Buenos Aires)	1937–1945
E. O. Soravuo (Buenos Aires)	1948–1952
Leo Tuominen (Buenos Aires)	1952–1955
Heikki Leppo (Buenos Aires)	1955–1961
Soini Palasto (Buenos Aires)	1961–1965
Soini Palasto (Buenos Aires)	1965–1966	Ambassador
Alexander Thesleff (Buenos Aires)	1966–1974
Paavo Kaarlehto (Buenos Aires)	1974–1975
Klaus Castrén (Buenos Aires)	1976–1983
Esko Rajakoski (Buenos Aires)	1983–1987
Matti Häkkänen (Buenos Aires)	1987–1988
Pertti Kärkkäinen (Buenos Aires)	1988–1991
Maija Lähteenmäki	1991–1995
Risto Kauppi	1995–2000
Veijo Sampovaara	2000–2003
Pekka J. Korvenheimo	2003–2006
Iivo Salmi	2006–2010
Ilkka Heiskanen	2010–2015
Mika-Markus Leinonen	2015–Present

North America

Ottawa (Canada)

Years	Presentative	Status
Urho Toivola	1947–1952	Envoy
Hans Martola	1952–1954	Chargé d'Affaires
Sigurd von Numers	1954–1959
Artturi Lehtinen	1959–1960
Artturi Lehtinen	1960–1963	Ambassador
Torsten Tikanvaara	1964–1967
Reino Palas	1967–1968
Lennart Sumelius	1969–1974
Niilo Pusa	1974–1979
Ossi Sunell	1979–1982
Kurt Uggeldahl	1983–1985
Jaakko Blomberg	1985–1988
Erkki Mäentakanen	1988–1991
Erik Heinrichs	1991–1995
Veijo Sampovaara	1995–2000
Ilkka Ristimäki	2000–2004
Pasi Patokallio	2004–2008
Risto Piipponen	2008–2012
Charles Murto	2012–Present

Washington D.C. (United States)

Years	Presentative	Status
Armas Saastamoinen	1919–1921	Envoy
Leonard Åström	1921–1934
Eero Järnefelt	1934–1938
Hjalmar J. Procopé	1939–1944
Kalle Jutila	1945–1951
Johan Nykopp	1951–1954
Johan Nykopp	1954–1958	Ambassador
Rafael Seppälä	1958–1965
Olavi Munkki	1965–1972
Leo Tuominen	1972–1977
Jaakko Iloniemi	1977–1983
Richard Müller	1983–1985
Paavo Rantanen	1986–1988
Jukka Valtasaari	1988–1996
Jaakko Laajava	1996–2001
Jukka Valtasaari	2001–2005
Pekka Lintu	2006–2011
Ritva Koukku-Ronde	2011- 2015
Kirsti Kauppi	2015–Present

Managua (Nicaragua)

Presentative	Years	Status
Erkki Kivimäki (Caracas)	1980–1985	Ambassador
Veijo Sampovaara (México)	1985–1990
Teppo Takala (México)	1990–1994
Kimmo Pulkkinen (México)	1994–1996
Risto Veltheim (Helsinki)	1996–2001	Roving Ambassador
Inger Hirvelä López (Helsinki)	2001–2006	Roving Ambassador
Marja Luoto	2006–2008	Ambassador
Eija Rotinen	2008–2011	Ambassador
Eeva-Liisa Myllymäki	2011–2013	Chargé d'Affaires

Managuan Embassy was closed in 2013. The Ambassador is accredited from México

México (Mexico)

Presentative	Years	Status
Kalle Jutila (Washington, D.C.)	1949–1951	Envoy
Johan Nykopp (Washington, D.C.)	1951–1958
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1958–1961
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1961–1964	Ambassador
Algar von Heiroth	1964–1966
David Somerto	1966–1969
Klaus Castrén	1970–1972
Erik Törnqvist	1973–1978
Jussi Montonen	1978–1984
Aarni Talvitie	1984–1985
Kalevi Sampovaara	1985–1990
Teppo Takala	1990–1994
Kimmo Pulkkinen	1994–1998
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	1998–2002
Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	1998–2002
Ilkka Heiskanen	2002–2007
Ulla Väistö	2007–2011
Anne Lammila	2011–2015
Roy Eriksson	2015–Present

Havana (Cuba)

Presentative	Years	Status
Leonard Åström (Washington, D.C.)	1929–1934	Envoy
Eero Järnefelt (Washington, D.C.)	1934–1938
Hjalmar Procopé (Washington, D.C.)	1939–1944
K. T. Jutila (Washington, D.C.)	1948–1951
Johan Nykopp (Washington, D.C.)	1951–1958
Rafael Seppälä (Washington, D.C.)	1958–1964
Algar von Heiroth (México)	1964–1966
Kai Somerto (México)	1966–1969	Ambassador
Klaus Castrén (México)	1970–1972
Erik Törnqvist (México)	1973–1978
Jussi Montonen (México)	1978–1980
Sakari Juuti	1980–1983
Tero Lehtovaara	1983–1987
Teppo Takala	1987–1990
Heikki Puurunen	1990–1992

Finland's diplomatic relations to Cuba was Presented by the Embassy in México since 1992

International organisations

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

Vienna

Presentative	Years
Markku Reimaa	1986–1989
Pertti Torstila	1989–1992
René Nyberg	1992–1995
Pekka Ojanen	1995–1998
Pekka Kujasalo	1998–2002
Aleksi Härkönen	2002–2007
Antti Turunen	2007–2010
Timo Kantola	2010–2013
Katja Pehrman	2013–Present

United Nations (New York City)

Years	Presentative
2014–Present	Kai Sauer
2009–2014	Jarmo Viinanen
2005–2009	Kirsti Lintonen
1998–2005	Marjatta Rasi
1991–1998	Wilhelm Breitenstein
1988–1991	Klaus Törnudd
1983–1988	Keijo Korhonen
1977–1983	Ilkka Pastinen
1972–1977	Aarno Karhilo
1965–1972	Max Jakobson
1959–1965	Ralph Enckell
1956–1958	G. A. Gripenberg

United Nations (Geneva)

Presentative	Years
Rafael Erich	1926–1927
Rudolf Holsti	1927–1940
Leo Tuominen	1950–1952
Olli Vallila	1952–1954
Paavo Pulkkinen	1954–1955)
Torsten Tikanvaara	1955–1959
Kaarlo Mäkelä	1959–1961
Olli Kaila	1961–1962
Reino Honkaranta	1962–1965
Pentti Talvitie	1965–1970
Klaus Sahlgren	1970–1975
Paavo Kaarlehto	1975–1981
Paavo Rantanen	1981–1986
Olli Mennander	1986–1990
Antti Hynninen	1990–1995
Björn Ekblom	1995–1998
Pekka Huhtaniemi	1998–2003
Markku Reimaa	1997–2005
Vesa Himanen	2003–2008
Hannu Himanen	2008–2012
Päivi Kairamo	2012–Present

United Nations (Vienna)

Years	Presentative
Carl Olof Frietsch	1956–1961
Otso Wartiovaara	1961–1968
Jussi Mäkinen	1968–1976
Seppo Pietinen	1976–1980
Björn-Olof Alholm	1980–1983
Kaarlo Juhana Yrjö-Koskinen	1983–1988
Matti Kahiluoto	1988–1991
Alec Aalto	1991–1995
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen	1995–1998
Tom Grönberg	1998–2005
Kirsti Kauppi	2005–2009
Marjatta Rasi	2009–2013
Anu Laamanen	2013

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

Paris

Presentative	Years
Richard Seppälä	1968–1969
Ralph Enckell	1969–1976
Paul Gustafsson	1976–1977
Pekka Malinen	1978–1983
Wilhelm Breitenstein	1983–1991
Pasi Rutanen	1991–1997
Ilkka Ristimäki	1997–2000
Jorma Julin	2000–2005
Pertti Majanen	2005–2009
Antti Kuosmanen	2009–2013
Okko-Pekka Salmimies	2013–Present

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

The Hague

Presentative	Years
Erkki Mäentakanen	1997–1999
Pertti Harvola	1998–2001
Pekka Säilä	2001–2005
Mikko Jokela	2005–2009
Klaus Korhonen	2009–2013
Liisa Talonpoika	2013–Present

Foreign relations of Finland

Africa	Ethiopia Kenya Mozambique Namibia South Africa

Americas	Chile Mexico Nicaragua United States

Asia	China Indonesia Israel Malaysia Pakistan

Europe	Denmark Estonia France Greece Iceland Kosovo Latvia Norway Russia Slovenia Sweden

Oceania	Australia

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