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List of current ambassadors of Finland

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

Current ambassadors to other countries

=[[Africa]]=

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! Country

! City (location)

!Type of mission

!Ambassador

{{Country|Algeria}}

| Algiers

| Embassy

| Hannele Voionmaa

{{Country|Egypt}}

|rowspan="2"| Cairo

| Embassy

| Tuula Yrjölä

{{Country|Sudan}}

| Ambassador accredited from Egypt

| Tuula Yrjölä

{{Country|South Africa}}

|rowspan="4"| Pretoria

| Embassy

| Anne Saloranta

{{Country|Botswana}}

| Ambassador accredited from South Africa

| Anne Saloranta

{{Country|Lesotho}}

| Ambassador accredited from South Africa

| Anne Saloranta

{{Country|Mauritius}}

| Ambassador accredited from South Africa

|Anne Saloranta

{{Country|Namibia}}

| Windhoek

| Embassy

| Anne Saloranta

{{Country|Ethiopia}}

|rowspan="3"|Addis Abeba

| Embassy

| Sirpa Mäenpää

{{Country|Djibouti}}

| Ambassador accredited from Ethiopia

| Sirpa Mäenpää

{{Country|South Sudan}}

| Ambassador accredited from Ethiopia

| Leo Olasvirta

{{Country|Kenya}}

|rowspan="4"|Nairobi

| Embassy

| Sofie From-Emmesberger

{{Country|Seychelles}}

| Ambassador accredited from Kenya

| Sofie From-Emmesberger

{{Country|Eritrea}}

| Ambassador accredited from Kenya

| Sofie From-Emmesberger

{{Country|Uganda}}

| Ambassador accredited from Kenya

| Sofie From-Emmesberger

{{Country|Morocco}}

| Rabat

| Embassy

| Christina Harttila

{{Country|Mauritania}}

| Nouakchott

| Ambassador accredited from Morocco

| Christina Harttila

{{Country|Mozambique}}

|rowspan="3"| Maputo

| Embassy

| Seija Toro

{{Country|Angola}}

| Ambassador accredited from Mozambique

| Seija Toro

{{Country|Swaziland}}

| Ambassador accredited from Mozambique

| Seija Toro

{{Country|Nigeria}}

|rowspan="5"|Abuja

| Embassy

| Riitta Korpivaara

{{Country|Ghana}}

| Ambassador accredited from Nigeria

| Riitta Korpivaara

{{Country|Benin}}

| Ambassador accredited from Nigeria

| Riitta Korpivaara

{{Country|Liberia}}

| Ambassador accredited from Nigeria

| Riitta Korpivaara

{{Country|Senegal}}

| Ambassador accredited from Nigeria

| Riitta Korpivaara

{{Country|Cape Verde}}

| Lisbon

| Ambassador accredited from Portugal

| Outi Holopainen

{{Country|Tanzania}}

|rowspan="4"|Dar es Salaam

| Embassy

| Sinikka Antila

{{Country|Burundi}}

| Ambassador accredited from Tanzania

| Sinikka Antila

{{Country|Rwanda}}

| Ambassador accredited from Tanzania

| Sinikka Antila

{{Country|Congo, Democratic Republic of the}}

| Ambassador accredited from Tanzania

| Sinikka Antila

{{Country|Tunisia}}

|rowspan="2"| Tunis

| Embassy

| Tanja Jääskeläinen

{{Country|Libya}}

| Ambassador accredited from Tunisia

| Tanja Jääskeläinen

{{Country|Zambia}}

|rowspan="3"|Lusaka

| Embassy

| Timo Olkkonen

{{Country|Zimbabwe}}

| Ambassador accredited from Zambia

| Timo Olkkonen

{{Country|Malawi}}

| Ambassador accredited from Zambia

|Timo Olkkonen

=[[Asia]]=

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! Country

! City (location)

! Type of mission

! Ambassador

{{Country|Afghanistan}}

| Kabul

| Embassy

|

{{Country|Azerbaijan}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador, accredited from Helsingistä

| Christer Michelsson

{{Country|China}}

| Beijing

| Embassy

| Jari Gustafsson

{{Country|Mongolia}}

| Beijing

| Ambassador accredited from China

| Jari Gustafsson

{{Country|India}}

| New Delhi

| Embassy

| Aapo Pölhö

{{Country|Bangladesh}}

| New Delhi

| Ambassador accredited from India

| Aapo Pölhö

{{Country|Bhutan}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador for South Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Rauli Suikkonen

{{Country|Maldives}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador for South Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Rauli Suikkonen

{{Country|Sri Lanka}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador for South Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Rauli Suikkonen

{{Country|Nepal}}

| Katmandu

| Embassy

| Asko Luukkainen

{{Country|Indonesia}}

| Jakarta

| Embassy

| Päivi Hiltunen-Toivio

{{Country|East Timor}}

| Jakarta

| Ambassador accredited from Indonesia

| Kai Sauer

{{Country|Iran}}

| Tehran

| Embassy

| Harri Kämäräinen

{{Country|Israel}}

| Tel Aviv

| Embassy

| Leena-Kaisa Mikkola

{{Country|Kazakhstan}}

|rowspan="2"|Nur-Sultan

| Embassy

| Ilkka Räisänen

{{Country|Kyrgyzstan }}

| Ambassador accredited from Kazakhstan

| Ilkka Räisänen

{{Country|Tajikistan}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador to Central Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Niklas Lindqvist

{{Country|Turkmenistan}}

|rowspan="2"|Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador to Central Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Niklas Lindqvist

{{Country|Uzbekistan}}

| Roving Ambassador to Central Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Niklas Lindqvist

{{Country|United Arab Emirates}}

|rowspan="3"|Abu Dhabi

| Embassy

| Ilkka-Pekka Similä

{{Country|Qatar}}

| Ambassador accredited from United Arab Emirates

| Ilkka-Pekka Similä

{{Country|Bahrain}}

| Ambassador accredited from United Arab Emirates

| Ilkka-Pekka Similä

{{Country|Vietnam}}

| Hanoi

| Embassy

| Kimmo Lähdevirta

{{Country|Japan}}

| Tokyo

| Embassy

| Manu Virtamo

{{Country|Republic of Korea}}

|rowspan="2"|Seoul

| Embassy

| Matti Heimonen

{{Country|North Korea}}

| Ambassador accredited from South Korea

| Matti Heimonen

{{Country|Malaysia}}

|rowspan="3"|Kuala Lumpur

| Embassy

| Matti Pullinen

{{Country|Brunei}}

| Ambassador accredited from Malaysia

| Matti Pullinen

{{Country|Philippines}}

| Ambassador accredited from Malaysia

| Matti Pullinen

{{Country|Pakistan}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador for South Asia, accredited from Helsinki

| Rauli Suikkonen

{{Country|Saudi Arabia}}

|rowspan="4"|Riyadh

| Embassy

| Jarno Syrjälä

{{Country|Yemen}}

| Ambassador accredited from Saudi Arabia

| Jarno Syrjälä

{{Country|Kuwait}}

| Ambassador accredited from Saudi Arabia

| Jarno Syrjälä

{{Country|Oman}}

| Ambassador accredited from Saudi Arabia

| Jarno Syrjälä

{{Country|Singapore}}

| Singapore

| Embassy

| Ari Heikkinen

{{Country|Syria}}

| Beirut

| Ambassador accredited from Lebanon

| Kari Kahiluoto

{{Country|Iraq}}

| Beirut

| Ambassador accredited from Lebanon

| Kari Kahiluoto

{{Country|Jordan}}

| Beirut

| Ambassador accredited from Lebanon

| Kari Kahiluoto

{{Country|Lebanon}}

| Beirut

| Embassy

| Kari Kahiluoto

{{Country|Thailand}}

| Bangkok

| Embassy

| Kirsti Westphalen

{{Country|Cambodia}}

| Bangkok

| Ambassador accredited from Thailand

| Kirsti Westphalen

{{Country|Laos}}

| Bangkok

| Ambassador accredited from Thailand

| Kirsti Westphalen

{{Country|Myanmar}}

| Bangkok

| Ambassador accredited from Thailand

| Kirsti Westphalen

{{Country|Turkey}}

| Ankara

| Embassy

| Pirkko Hämäläinen

=Oceania=

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! Country

! City (location)

! Type of mission

! Ambassador

{{Country|Australia}}

| Canberra

| Embassy

| Pasi Patokallio

{{Country|Fiji}}

|rowspan="4"|Canberra

| Ambassador accredited from Australia

| Pasi Patokallio

{{Country|Papua New Guinea}}

| Ambassador accredited from Australia

|Pasi Patokallio

{{Country|New Zealand}}

| Ambassador accredited from Australia

|Pasi Patokallio

{{Country|Samoa}}

| Ambassador accredited from Australia

|Pasi Patokallio

=[[Europe]]=

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! Country

! City (location)

! Type of mission

! Ambassador

{{Country|Netherlands}}

| The Hague

| Embassy

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{{Country|Albania}}

| Athens

| Ambassador accredited from Greece

| Pauli Mäkelä

{{Country|Armenia}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador accredited from Helsinki

|Christer Michelsson

{{Country|Andorra}}

| Madrid

| Ambassador accredited from Spain

| Roberto Tanzi-Albi

{{Country|Belgium}}

| Brussels

| Embassy

| Per-Mikael Engberg

{{Country|Bulgaria}}

| Sofia

| Embassy

| Harri Salmi

{{Country|Bosnia and Herzegovina}}

| Ljubljana

| Ambassador accredited from Slovenia

| Pekka Metso

{{Country|Spain}}

| Madrid

| Embassy

| Roberto Tanzi-Albi

{{Country|Georgia}}

| Helsinki

| Roving Ambassador accredited from Helsinki

| Christer Michelsson

{{Country|Iceland}}

| Reykjavík

| Embassy

| Valtteri Hirvonen

{{Country|Austria}}

| Vienna

| Embassy

| Nina Vaskunlahti

{{Country|Ireland}}

| Dublin

| Embassy

| Hilkka Nenonen

{{Country|Italy}}

| Rome

| Embassy

| Petri Tuomi-Nikula

{{Country|Latvia}}

| Riga

| Embassy

|Olli Kantanen

{{Country|Liechtenstein}}

| Bern

| Ambassador accredited from Switzerland

| Jari Luoto

{{Country|Lithuania}}

| Vilnius

| Embassy

| Harri Mäki-Reinikka

{{Country|Luxembourg}}

| Luxembourg

| Embassy

|

{{Country|Greece}}

| Athens

| Embassy

| Pauli Mäkelä

{{Country|Croatia}}

| Zagreb

| Embassy

| Timo Rajakangas

{{Country|Cyprus}}

| Nicosia

| Embassy

| Anu Saarela

{{Country|Kosovo}}

| Pristina

| Embassy

| Anne Meskanen

{{Country|Monaco}}

| Paris

| Ambassador accredited from France

| Risto Piipponen

{{Country|North Macedonia}}

| Zagreb

| Ambassador accredited from Croatia

| Timo Rajakangas

{{Country|Montenegro}}

| Belgrade

| Ambassador accredited from Serbia

| Pekka Orpana

{{Country|Moldova}}

| Bucharest

| Ambassador accredited from Romania

| Ulla Väistö

{{Country|Malta}}

| Rome

| Ambassador accredited from Italy

| Petri Tuomi-Nikula

{{Country|San Marino}}

| Rome

| Ambassador accredited from Italy

| Petri Tuomi-Nikula

{{Country|Norway}}

| Oslo

| Embassy

| Erik Lundberg

{{Country|Portugal}}

| Lisbon

| Embassy

| Outi Holopainen

{{Country|Poland}}

| Warsaw

| Embassy

| Hanna Lehtinen

{{Country|France}}

| Paris

| Embassy

| Risto Piipponen

{{Country|Romania}}

| Bucharest

| Embassy

| Ulla Väistö

{{Country|Sweden}}

| Stockholm

| Embassy

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{{Country|Germany}}

| Berlin

| Embassy

| Ritva Koukku-Ronde

{{Country|Serbia}}

| Belgrade

| Embassy

| Pekka Orpana

{{Country|Slovakia}}

| Bratislava

| Embassy

| Jukka Leino

{{Country|Slovenia}}

| Ljubljana

| Embassy

| Pekka Metso

{{Country|Switzerland}}

| Bern

| Embassy

| Jari Luoto

{{Country|Denmark}}

| Copenhagen

| Embassy

| Ann-Marie Nyroos

{{Country|Czech Republic}}

| Prague

| Embassy

| Helena Tuuri

{{Country|Hungary}}

| Budapest

| Embassy

| Pasi Tuominen

{{Country|Ukraine}}

| Kyiv

| Embassy

| Arja Makkonen

{{Country|Russia}}

| Moscow

| Embassy

| Hannu Himanen

{{Country|Belarus}}

| Vilnius

| Ambassador accredited from Lithuania

| Harri Mäki-Reinikka

{{Country|Holy See}}

| Bern

| Ambassador accredited from Switzerland

| Jari Luoto

{{Country|Estonia}}

| Tallinn

| Embassy

| Kirsti Narinen

{{Country|United Kingdom}}

| London

| Embassy

| Jukka Siukosaari

=[[North America]] and the [[Caribbean]]=

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! Country

! City (location)

! Type of mission

! Ambassador

{{Country|Canada}}

| Ottawa

| Embassy

| Charles Murto

{{Country|Bahamas}}

| Ottawa

| Ambassador accredited from Canada

| Charles Murto

{{Country|Mexico}}

| Mexico City

| Embassy

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Belize}}

| Mexico City

|Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Haiti}}

| Mexico City

|Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Honduras}}

| Mexico City

|Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Eeva-Liisa Myllymäki (charge d'affaire)

{{Country|Cuba}}

| Mexico City

| Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Nicaragua}}

| Mexico City

|Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Costa Rica}}

| Mexico City

| Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|El Salvador}}

| Mexico City

| Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|Guatemala}}

| Mexico City

| Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Eeva-Liisa Myllymäki (charge d'affaire)

{{Country|Panama}}

| Mexico City

| Ambassador accredited from Mexico

| Ari Mäki

{{Country|United States}}

| Washington, D.C.

| Embassy

| Mikko Hautala

=[[South America]]=

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! Country

!City

!Type of mission

!Ambassador

{{Country|Argentina}}

| Buenos Aires

| Embassy

| Jukka Siukosaari

{{Country|Uruguay}}

| Buenos Aires

| Ambassador accredited from Argentina

| Jukka Siukosaari

{{Country|Paraguay}}

| Buenos Aires

| Ambassador accredited from Argentina

| Jukka Siukosaari

{{Country|Brazil}}

| Brasília

| Embassy

| Markku Virri

{{Country|Suriname}}

| Brasília

| Ambassador accredited from Brazil

| Markku Virri

{{Country|Chile}}

| Santiago

| Embassy

| Ilkka Heiskanen

{{Country|Venezuela}}

| Santiago

| Ambassador accredited from Chile

| Ilkka Heiskanen

{{Country|Peru}}

| Lima

| Embassy

| Mika Koskinen

{{Country|Bolivia}}

| Lima

| Ambassador accredited from Peru

| Juha Virtanen

{{Country|Ecuador}}

| Lima

| Ambassador accredited from Peru

| Juha Virtanen

{{Country|Colombia}}

| Lima

| Ambassador accredited from Peru

| Juha Virtanen

Current ambassadors to international organisations

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! International Organisation

! City (location)

! Country (location)

! Ambassador

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

| Brussels

|Belgium

|Piritta Asunmaa

Council of Europe (COE)

| Strasbourg

| France

| Pekka Hyvönen

European Union (EU)

| Brussels

|Belgium

| Pilvi-Sisko Vierros-Villeneuve

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

| Georgetown

|Guyana

| Mikko Pyhälä

Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)

| Vienna

|Austria

| Katja Pehrman

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

| Paris

|France

| Okko-Pekka Salmimies

United Nations Organization (UN)

| New York City

|United States

| Kai Sauer

United Nations Organization

| Geneva

|Switzerland

| Päivi Kairamo-Hella

United Nations Organization

| Vienna

|Austria

| Anu Laamanen

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

| Jakarta

|Indonesia

| Kai Sauer

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

| Paris

|France

| Antti Kuosmanen

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

| Vienna

|Austria

| Anu Laamanen

Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)

| The Hague

|Netherlands

| Liisa Talonpoika

Arab League

| Cairo

|Egypt

| Tuula Yrjölä

African Union (AU)

| Addis Abeba

|Ethiopia

| Sirpa Mäenpää

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

| Abuja

|Nigeria

| Riitta Korpivaara

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

| Gaborone

|Botswana

| Petri Salo

East African Community (EAC)

| Arusha

|Tanzania

| Petri Salo

See also

References

External links

  • [http://www.formin.fi/ Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland]
  • [http://www.finland.org.af/ Embassy of Finland in Kabul, Afghanistan]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20080704053758/http://www.finlandia.org.ar/ Embassy of Finland in Buenos Aires, Argentina]
  • [http://www.finland.org.au/ Embassy of Finland in Canberra, Australia]
  • [http://www.finlande.be/ Embassy of Finland in Brussels, Belgium]
  • [http://www.finlandia.org.br/ Embassy of Finland in Brasília, Brazil]
  • [http://www.finland.cl/ Embassy of Finland in Santiago, Chile]
  • [http://www.finland.org.eg/ Embassy of Finland in Cairo, Egypt]
  • [http://www.finland.gr/ Embassy of Finland in Athens, Greece]
  • [http://www.finland.org.in/ Embassy of Finland in New Delhi, India]
  • [http://www.finland.or.id/ Embassy of Finland in Jakarta, Indonesia]
  • [http://www.finlande.nl/ Embassy of Finland in The Hague, Netherlands]
  • [http://www.finlandembassy.ph/ Embassy of Finland in Manila, Philippines]
  • [http://www.finland.org.za/ Embassy of Finland in Pretoria, South Africa]
  • [http://www.finland.or.kr/ Embassy of Finland in Seoul, South Korea]
  • [http://www.finlandia.es/ Embassy of Finland in Madrid, Spain]
  • [http://www.finland.or.tz/ Embassy of Finland in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania]
  • [https://finlandabroad.fi/web/tur/frontpage Embassy of Finland in Ankara, Turkey]
  • [http://www.finland.ae/ Embassy of Finland in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates]
  • [https://finlandabroad.fi/web/usa/frontpage Embassy of Finland in the United States]

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