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Embassy Of Finland, Washington, D.C.
The Finnish Embassy in Washington, D.C. is Finland's embassy to the United States. It is located at 3301 Massachusetts Avenue, in the Embassy Row neighborhood. The embassy also operates consulates-general in Los Angeles and New York. The modernist structure was designed by Heikkinen – Komonen Architects and opened in 1994. The Embassy became the first green embassy in the United States, receiving LEED Gold Certification in 2010. The Diplomatic Finnish Sauna Society meets at the embassy. Ambassadors See also * Embassy of the United States, Helsinki The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo a ... References External links Official site* https://web.archive.org/web/20110213051016/http://www.finnleo.com/blog/2011/1/4/sauna-featured-in-wall-street-journal.aspx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mikko Hautala
Mikko Tapani Hautala (born 10 May 1972 Seinäjoki, Finland) is a Finnish diplomacy, diplomat. Since September 2020 he has worked as the Embassy of Finland, Washington, D.C., Finnish ambassador to the United States. Education Hautala has two master’s degrees from the University of Helsinki, one in political science and one in Slavic studies, Slavic philology. He wrote his master’s thesis in political science in 2000, with the title ''Promoting exports or foreign policy? Finnish relations to Ukraine as a political and economic question during 1917–1919'' (164 pages). His thesis in Slavic philology was completed in 2006, with the title ''The Polish period of changes in 1980–1981 as described by the journal Kultura'' (114 pages). Both theses were written in Finnish language, Finnish. Hautala speaks fluent Finnish, English language, English, Swedish language, Swedish, Russian language, Russian, Ukrainian language, Ukrainian and Polish language, Polish. Diplomatic career Haut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalle Jutila
Kalle is a masculine given name of North Germanic origin, a variation of Karl. In Sweden, people named Karl are commonly nicknamed Kalle. The name is also found in Finland and Estonia Notable people with the name include: Given name *Kalle Anttila (1887–1975), Finnish freestyle and Greco-Roman wrestler and Olympic medalist * Kalle Bask (born 1982), Finnish sailor and Olympic competitor * Kalle Björklund (born 1953), Swedish footballer * Kalle Brink (born 1975), Swedish professional golfer * Kalle Coster (born 1982), Dutch sailor and Olympic medalist * Kalle Dalin (born 1975), Swedish orienteering competitor * Kalle Eerola (born 1983), Finnish professional football midfielder *Kalle Eller (born 1940), Estonian poet, publisher, neopagan and writer *Kalle Grünthal (born 1960), Estonian politician *Kalle Havulinna (born 1924), Finnish professional ice hockey player *Kalle Jalkanen (1907–1941), Finnish cross-country skier and Olympic medalist * Kalle Jents (born 1957), Est ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diplomatic Missions In Washington, D
Diplomatics (in American English, and in most anglophone countries), or diplomatic (in British English), is a scholarly discipline centred on the critical analysis of documents: especially, historical documents. It focuses on the conventions, protocols and formulae that have been used by document creators, and uses these to increase understanding of the processes of document creation, of information transmission, and of the relationships between the facts which the documents purport to record and reality. The discipline originally evolved as a tool for studying and determining the authenticity of the official charters and diplomas issued by royal and papal chanceries. It was subsequently appreciated that many of the same underlying principles could be applied to other types of official document and legal instrument, to non-official documents such as private letters, and, most recently, to the metadata of electronic records. Diplomatics is one of the auxiliary sciences of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Embassy Of The United States, Helsinki
The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo and Taiwan. It maintains "interest sections" (in other states' embassies) in member states Afghanistan, Iran and Syria. History In December 1777, Morocco became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty. Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. John Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and the house that he had purchased there, at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kirsti Kauppi
Kirsti Helena Kauppi (born 1957) has been the Finnish ambassador to the United States since January 2015. Prior to that she was in the post of Head of the Political Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs from 1 April 2012 until the end of 2014. Since 2009, she has served as Head of Division for the Department of Foreign Affairs of Africa and the Middle East. Previously, she has worked at the Ministry's Political Department, for example as Head of the European correspondent network and also in the Development Cooperation Department. Early life and education Kauppi born in Oulu in 1957 and holds a Master of Science degree in economics. She graduated from the Helsinki School of Economics in 1981. Career Kauppi started working for Finland's Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1983. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ritva Koukku-Ronde
Ritva Inkeri Koukku-Ronde (''née'' ''Koukku'', s. 15 April 1956 Lahti) is a Finnish diplomat. She started as Ambassador to Berlin on September 1, 2015. Prior to being as Ambassador to Washington since 2011. Early life and education Koukku-Ronde completed her undergraduate degree in 1976. She graduated from the University of Tampere in 1982 where she studied history and information. In her thesis, Koukku-Ronde addressed the women's voting right in Britain 1906–1918. Career Between 1982 and 1985 Koukku-Ronde worked as a freelance journalist. Between 1983 and 1984 Hook-Ronde worked as secretary of the Embassy of the Hague of Finland. She joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1985. She has worked in several positions at the Ministry and the Hague, Bonn, Nairobi and Berlin Representatives. Between 2003 and 2005, Koukku-Ronde served as Deputy Director General of the European Department of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 2005–2009 Head of the Development Polic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pekka Lintu
Pekka Lintu (born 1947) is a Finnish diplomat. He has served as Finland's ambassador to in Greece since 2011. He is also accredited from Athens to Albania. Between 2006 and 2011, Lintu served as Ambassador in Washington, D.C., US. Between 1994 and 2001 he was an ambassador in Tokyo, Japan. Lintu joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1972. He worked in 1975–1979 at the Finnish Permanent Representation in Geneva. Between 1984 and 1987, he was Counselor at the OECD delegation in Paris. In addition, he has worked at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in several trade policy positions and in the Development Policy Department. Lintu is a Licentiate of Law References 1947 births Living people Ambassadors of Finland to the United States Ambassadors of Finland to Japan Ambassadors of Finland to Greece {{Europe-diplomat-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Laajava
Jaakko Tapani Laajava (born 23 June 1947 in Joensuu) has served as Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs for Finland from 1 April 2010. Prior to that, he served as Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 2005. Career Between 2001 and 2004, Laajava worked as the political under-secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Laajava has been an Ambassador in the United States in 1996–2001. He moved there as Deputy Director General of the Political Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and as Head of the 1990–1996. He was Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the Embassy of Finland in 1986–1990. For the first time in 1971, he was employed by the Foreign Service. In the 1970s, he worked as a broadcaster, assistant secretary and secretary of state in Switzerland, Poland, Yugoslavia and Spain. In 2011, Laajava was chosen as the facilitator of the Conference on the Middle East Nuclear Non-Proliferation Conference. Ot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jukka Valtasaari
Jukka () is a common Finnish given name for males. History Jukka is an old variant of the name Johannes, a biblical name spread over to Finland through Sweden with the introduction of Christianity. Jukka remained a nickname for people registered by authorities as Johan, Johannes, Juho etc., and did not appear in official records until the late 19th century.Thchurch record archiveon the website of th/ref> The name was added to the official list of first names in the Finnish almanac managed by thin 1950, and its name day is June 24, also the name day of Johannes and other variants, and the traditional midsummer day, or ''Juhannus''. Popularity The name Jukka enjoyed the highest popularity in the years 1960–1979, though it was much used during the previous two decades as well. The 1980s and 1990s saw a marked decline in the name's popularity, and in recent years not many children have been named Jukka.Thname service on the website of thPopulation Register Centre of Finlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paavo Rantanen
Paavo Rantanen (born 28 February 1934) is a Finnish former Foreign Ministry official who was briefly the Minister for Foreign Affairs. Rantanen was an undersecretary of foreign trade before becoming the Finnish ambassador to Washington. He worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for thirty years from 1958 to 1988. He also served on the Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, established in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finlan ... Executive Board 1988–1995, until he became a non-aligned Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Esko Aho's cabinet following the resignation of Heikki Haavisto. Rantanen was the Minister of Foreign Affairs for 70 days and was forced to resign after the 1995 parliamentary elections. References 1934 births Living people People from Jyväskylä Ministers for Foreign Affairs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaakko Iloniemi
Jaakko is a Finnish male first name, etymologically rooted in the Biblical names Jacob or James. The name day of Jaakko in the Finnish calendar is July 25. Jaakko may refer to: *Kings who are in English named ''James'' are in Finnish named ''Jaakko'' *Jakob De la Gardie in Finnish "Laiska-Jaakko" ("Jakob the lazy"), a Swedish count; nowadays ''laiskajaakko'' is the synonym for a lazy person *Jaakko Taneli Autere, Finnish ballet dancer *Jaakko Blomberg (born 1942), Finnish diplomat * Jaakko Elenius, Finnish editor-in-chief and a theologian *Jaakko Forsman (1839–1899), Finnish jurist and politician, leading activist of the Fennoman movement * Jaakko Haavio, Finnish writer and a priest *Jaakko Hallama (born 1917), Finnish former Foreign Ministry official * Jaakko Heinimäki, Finnish writer and a priest *Jaakko Hintikka, Finnish philosopher * Jaakko Hämeen-Anttila, Finnish professor in Arabian language and Islam *Jaakko Ihamuotila (born 1939), Finnish business executive *Jaakko Ilkk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Tuominen
Leo Olavi Tuominen (Ph.D.) (19 January 1911, Turku – 1981) was a Finnish diplomat and ambassador. From 1950 to 1952 he was the Permanent Representative of Finland as an Observer at the UN Mission in Europe in Geneva. Between 1952 and 1955, as Ambassador in Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Santiago, then Head of the Department of Commerce of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, 1955–1956, and Permanent Secretary and State Secretary 1956–1957. Between 1957 and 1968 he was an Ambassador in London and between 1968 and 1969 in Rome and Nicosia, Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ... between 1969–1972 and in Washington, 1972–1977.Otavan Iso tietosanakirja, Otava 1966, osa 9 p. 137 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
