Tom-Christian Leander Söderman (3 April 1936 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

– 14 April 2015 in Helsinki) was a Finnish diplomat and journalist. From 1956 to 1959 and from 1960 to 1961 Söderman was a reporter of the

Finnish News Agency Finnish News Agency (, STT; , FNB), officially Oy Suomen Tietotoimisto – Finska Notisbyrån Ab, is a Finnish news agency, established in 1887 and based in Helsinki. STT's majority owner is Sanoma Media Finland of the Sanoma Group. The Finnis ...

and from 1961 to 1963 he was a reporter of

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. He moved to a Diplomatic career and worked in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

in 1963-1967 as a contributing Press Stance and in 1971-1975 as the corresponding Press Stance. As a press council, Söderman worked from 1975 to 1977 in Stockholm and from 1977 to 1984 in

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. In Stockholm, he sought to present opinions during the

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to support Finland's foreign policy. Söderman was the press officer of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1985–1988, the Consul General of

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in 1988–1993 and the Ambassador to

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in 1993–2000. After his diplomatic career, Söderman worked as a freelance writer. He regularly wrote columns on Swedish Utrikesbloggen and cultural newspapers to Nya Argus. Together with Camilla Lindberg he wrote the book ''Röster från Rosala'' (Schildt, 2007).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Soderman, Tom 1936 births 2015 deaths Diplomats from Helsinki Ambassadors of Finland to Iceland Finnish journalists Swedish-speaking Finns