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

Cairo (Egypt)

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Asko Ivalo 1954–1959Envoy
Atle Asanti1959–1962Ambassador
Osmo Orkomies1962–1966Ambassador
Soini Palasto1966–1969Ambassador
Pekka Malinen1969–1974Ambassador
Joel Pekuri1975–1978Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm1979–1980Ambassador
Olli Auero1980–1984Ambassador
Mauri Eggert1984–1987Ambassador
Antti Hynninen1987–1989Ambassador
Elisabeth Tigerstedt-Tähtelä1990–1992Ambassador
Garth Castrén1992–1997Ambassador
Aapo Pölhö1998–2002Ambassador
Hannes Mäntyvaara2002–2005Ambassador
Hannu Halinen2005–2009Ambassador
Roberto Tanzi-Albi2009–2013Ambassador
Tuula Yrjölä2013–2016Ambassador
Laura Kansikas-Debraise2017-IncumbentAmbassador

Maputo (Mozambique)

  • Finland's diplomatic relations to Mozambique was Incumbented from Dar es Salaam and Pretoria Embassies

Nairobi (Kenya)

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Henrik Blomstedt 1966–1969Ambassador
Joel Pekuri 1969–1971Ambassador
Veikko Hietanen 1973–1977Ambassador
Unto Tanskanen1977–1980Ambassador
Raimo Salmi1980–1983Ambassador
Tom Grönberg1983–1987Ambassador
Ilkka Ristimäki1987–1990Ambassador
David Johansson1990–1995Ambassador
Glen Lindholm1995–1998Ambassador
Lauri Kangas1998–2003Ambassador
Matti Kääriäinen2003–2007Ambassador
Heli Sirve2007–2011Ambassador
Sofie From-Emmesberger2011–2015Ambassador
Tarja Fernández2015–2018Ambassador
Erik Lundberg2018-IncumbentAmbassador

Rabat (Morocco)

  • Finland's diplomatic relations to Morocco was Incumbented from Rome, Algeries, Vienna, Madrid, Lisbon embassies

Asia

Baghdad (Iraq)

  • The Embassy was closed during the Gulf War.

Islamabad (Pakistan)

  • Finland's diplomatic relations to Pakistan was Incumbented by Ankara and Tehran Embassies

Kuwait

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

Manila (Philippines)

  • Finland's diplomatic relations with the Philippines were redirected to the Embassy in Kuala Lumpur from 2012 until 2020, when the Finnish government reopened the embassy in Manila and inaugurated honorary consulates in Cebu and Davao.

Europe

Athens (Greece)

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Väinö Tanner 1920–1923Chargé d'Affaires
Pontus Artti 1931–1936Envoy
Rafael Erich 1936–1938Envoy
Eero Järnefelt 1938–1940Envoy
Niilo Orasmaa 1954–1956Envoy
Otso Wartiovaara 1956–1961Envoy
Olavi Raustila 1961–1965Envoy
Olavi Raustila 1965Envoy
Taneli Kekkonen 1966–1970Ambassador
Olli Bergman 1970–1972Ambassador
Risto Hyvärinen 1972–1975Ambassador
Eeva-Kristiina Forsman1976–1977Ambassador
Heikki Kalha1977–1980Ambassador
Eva-Christina Mäkeläinen1980–1985Ambassador
Paul Jyrkänkallio1985–1988Ambassador
Erkki Tiilikainen1988–1992Ambassador
Ralf Friberg1992–1995Ambassador
Antti Lassila1995–1997Ambassador
Arto Tanner1998–2000Ambassador
Tapani Brotherus2000–2003Ambassador
Ole Norrback2003–2007Ambassador
Erkki Huittinen2007–2011Ambassador
Pekka Lintu2011–2014Ambassador
Pauli Mäkelä2014–2016Ambassador
Juha Pyykkö2017 -IncumbentAmbassador

Berlin

Germany

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Edvard Hjelt1918Chargé d'Affaires
Edvard Hjelt1918–1919Envoy
Juho Jännes1919–1920Envoy
Harri Holma1920–1921Chargé d'Affaires
Harri Holma1921–1927Envoy
Wäinö Wuolijoki1927–1933Envoy
Aarne Wuorimaa1933–1940Envoy
Toivo Kivimäki1940–1944Envoy

German Democratic Republic

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Esko Vaartela1973–1974Ambassador
Osmo Kock1974–1979Ambassador
Kuuno Honkonen1979–1983Ambassador
Ensio Helaniemi1983–1986Ambassador
Arto Tanner1986–1990Ambassador

Federal Republic of Germany

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Yrjö Väänänen1973–1974Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm1974–1977Ambassador
Pentti Talvitie1977–1979Ambassador
Arvo Rytkönen1979–1980Ambassador
Heikki Kalha1980–1985Ambassador
Antti Karppinen1985–1990Ambassador

Germany

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Kai Helenius1990–1996Ambassador
Arto Mansala1996–2001Ambassador
Leif Fagernäs2001–2004Ambassador
René Nyberg2004–2008Ambassador
Harry Helenius2008–2011Ambassador
Päivi Luostarinen2011–2015Ambassador
Ritva Koukku-Ronde2015–IncumbentAmbassador

Bratislava

Slovak Republic (1993–)

Lisbon (Portugal)

Ljubljana (Slovenia)

  • Ljubljana Embassy was closed in 2015.

Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg Embassy was closed in 2015.

Riga (Latvia)

Stockholm (Sweden)

RepresentativeYearsStatus
Alexis Gripenberg1918Chargé d'Affaires
Alexis Gripenberg1918–1919Envoy
Werner Söderhjelm1919–1928Envoy
Rafael Erich1928–1936Envoy
Juho Kusti Paasikivi1936–1939Envoy
Eljas Erkko1939–1940Envoy
Jarl Axel Wasastjerna1940–1943Envoy
G. A. Gripenberg1943–1954Envoy
G. A. Gripenberg1954–1956Ambassador
Päivö Tarjanne1956–1961Ambassador
Sakari Tuomioja1961–1964Ambassador
Eero A. Wuori1964–1965Chargé d'Affaires
Ralph Enckell1965–1969Ambassador
Leo Tuominen1969–1972Ambassador
Max Jakobson1972–1975Ambassador
Jorma Vanamo1975–1980Ambassador
Paul Gustafsson1980–1983Ambassador
Björn-Olof Alholm1983–1991Ambassador
Matti Kahiluoto1991–1996Ambassador
Heikki Talvitie1996–2002Ambassador
Pertti Torstila2002–2006Ambassador
Alec Aalto2006–2010Ambassador
Markus Lyra2010–2011Ambassador
Harry Helenius2011–2014Ambassador
Jarmo Viinanen2014–2016Ambassador
Matti Anttonen2017–.2018Ambassador
Liisa Talonpoika2018-IncumbentAmbassador

Holy See

South America

Caracas (Venezuela)

  • Caracasin Embassy was closed in 2011.

North America

Managua (Nicaragua)

Havana (Cuba)

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

International organisations

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe

RepresentativeYears
Markku Reimaa1986–1989
Pertti Torstila1989–1992
René Nyberg1992–1995
Pekka Ojanen1995–1998
Pekka Kujasalo1998–2002
Aleksi Härkönen2002–2007
Antti Turunen2007–2010
Timo Kantola2010–2013
Katja Pehrman2013–Incumbent

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

RepresentativeYears
Richard Seppälä1968–1969
Ralph Enckell1969–1976
Paul Gustafsson1976–1977
Pekka Malinen1978–1983
Wilhelm Breitenstein1983–1991
Pasi Rutanen1991–1997
Ilkka Ristimäki1997–2000
Jorma Julin2000–2005
Pertti Majanen2005–2009
Antti Kuosmanen2009–2013
Okko-Pekka Salmimies2013–Incumbent

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons

RepresentativeYears
Erkki Mäentakanen1997–1999
Pertti Harvola1998–2001
Pekka Säilä2001–2005
Mikko Jokela2005–2009
Klaus Korhonen2009–2013
Liisa Talonpoika2013–Incumbent