Martin Saarikangas

{{short description|Finnish shipbuilder and vuorineuvos (born 1937)}}

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| name = Martin Saarikangas

| image = Martin Saarikangas.jpg

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1937|01|24}}

| birth_place = Helsinki, Finland

| nationality = Finnish

| occupation = Shipbuilder

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Martin Saarikangas (born 24 January 1937) is a Finnish shipbuilder and vuorineuvos, best known as the co-founder of Masa-Yards (now Meyer Turku), after the bankruptcy of Wärtsilä Marine. From 2003 to 2007 he was a member of the Finnish Parliament as part of the National Coalition Party. In 1994 he played three minutes for Finnish association football top flight side TPS Turku at the age of 57.

References

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20131104010442/http://www.shipgaz.com/old/magazine/issues/2008/04/0408_article1.php The bankruptcy was unnecessary], interview of Martin Saarikangas in Scandinavian Shipping Gazette, February 22, 2008, network edition.
  • [http://www.ajatuskirjat.fi/suomi/kirja.asp?KirjaID=500 Iso-Masa, laivanrakentaja] Ajatus Kirjat, 2002 {{ISBN|951-20-6227-5}}