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Päivö Kaukomieli Tarjanne (until 1906 Törnqvist; 4 May 1903,

Hämeenlinna Hämeenlinna (; ; ; or ''Croneburgum'') is a city in Finland and the regional capital of Kanta-Häme. It is located in the southern interior of the country and on the shores of Vanajavesi, Lake Vanajavesi. The population of Hämeenlinna is appr ...

– 16 December 1989,

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) was a Finnish diplomat. Tarján graduated from the

University of Helsinki The University of Helsinki (, ; UH) is a public university in Helsinki, Finland. The university was founded in Turku in 1640 as the Royal Academy of Åbo under the Swedish Empire, and moved to Helsinki in 1828 under the sponsorship of Alexander ...

as a lawyer in 1928 and immediately became an official trainee at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs. He served as ambassador in

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between 1945-1950 and at

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in 1947-1950 and as Permanent Secretary at the

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from 1950 to 1953.''Otavan Iso tietosanakirja'', osa 7. Otava, 1966. Between 1953 and 1956, Tarjanne served as an ambassador in Copenhagen, and the following year, his status became an ambassador when Finland's major delegation's were elevated to embassies. From 1956 to 1961, Tarjanne was an ambassador in

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, but returned from

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to 1961–1970. He retired in 1970. The parents of Tarjante were the schoolmaster Jukka Tarjanne and Hellin Lovisa Makkonen.He had been married to Anna-Kertun ("Annu") by his daughter,

Heikki Ritavuori Heikki Ritavuori (previously known as Henrik Rydman'';'' 23 March 1880 – 14 February 1922) was a Finnish lawyer, a politician from the National Progressive Party, a member of the Parliament of Finland and Minister of the Interior. He was the ...

, since 1932 and had three sons. Of them,

Pekka Tarjanne Pekka Tarjanne (1937–2010) was a scientist and politician who served as the chairman of the Liberal Party and minister of transport in Finland. He also headed the International Telecommunication Union from 1989 and 1999. Early life and educati ...

became known both as a politician and as a scientist.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tarjanne, Paivo 1903 births 1989 deaths People from Hämeenlinna Ambassadors of Finland to Denmark Ambassadors of Finland to Iceland Ambassadors of Finland to Norway Ambassadors of Finland to Sweden 20th-century Finnish diplomats