Hugo Valvanne
Hugo Valvanne (born July 18, 1894 in Pedersöre , † July 25, 1961 in Funen , Denmark ) was a Finnish diplomat , author and translator of books on theosophy . Until 1906 he was called Wegelius .
Life
Hugo Valvanne was the son of Johanna Elisabeth Häggman and Henrik Eliel Wegelius. The theosophist and author Väinö Valvanne was his younger brother. From 1929 until the divorce in 1945 he was married to Eva Arokallio. From 1947 he was married to Birgitte Gulpager.
Hugo Valvanne studied at the Universities of Helsinki, London, Toulouse and at the Academy of International Law in The Hague and completed his studies with a master's degree. He entered the foreign service in 1919, was accredited to the embassy in Moscow in 1921, to the embassy in London from 1921 to 1925, and to the embassy in Bern from 1926 to 1928. From 1926 to 1928 he was a representative of the Finnish government at the League of Nations and at the International Labor Organization . From 1934 to 1936 he was envoy in Tokyo , from 1936 in Shanghai , China.
From 1949 to 1956, Valvanne was Finland's first ambassador to India after the British colonial era. Based in New Delhi , he was also accredited by the governments in Beijing and Sukarno in Jakarta . From 1956 to 1959 he was ambassador in Bern and signed a double taxation agreement . He was then chief of protocol at the Foreign Ministry.
Individual evidence
- ^ The International who's who , Volume 21, Europa Publications Limited, 1957. p. 959
- ↑ http://untreaty.un.org/unts/1_60000/8/15/00014741.pdf
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Finnish ambassador to Japan from 1934 to 1936 |
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Finnish ambassador to China in 1936 |
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| Axel Aström |
Finnish ambassador to Belgium 1938–1940 |
Ragnar Nummelin |
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Finnish ambassador to India 1949–1956 |
Aaro Pakaslahti | |
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Finnish ambassador to China 1949–1956 |
Helge von Knorring | |
| Gustaf John Ramstedt |
Finnish Ambassador to Thailand June 21, 1954–1956 |
Aaro Pakaslahti |
| Birger Ek |
Finnish Ambassador to Indonesia 1949–1956 |
Aaro Pakaslahti |
| Rafael Erich |
Finnish ambassador to Switzerland 1956–1959 |
Tapio Voionmaa |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Valvanne, Hugo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wegelius, Hugo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Finnish diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pedersore |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1961 |
| Place of death | Funen , Denmark |