List of Finnish ambassadors in Nigeria
history
On March 1, 2004, the Embassy moved from Lagos to Abuja .
| Appointment accreditation |
ambassador | comment | Government in Finland | accredited by | Leave post |
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| 1963 | Jaakko Lyytinen | Urho Kekkonen | Nnamdi Azikiwe | 1966 | |
| 1966 | Olavi Saikku | Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi | 1969 | ||
| 1969 | Olli Auero | 1971 | |||
| 1971 | Ensio Helaniemi | 1973 | |||
| 1973 | Erkki Hedmansson | 1976 | |||
| 1976 | Aarno Arola | Olusegun Obasanjo | 1981 | ||
| 1981 | Bo Ådahl | Shehu Shagari | 1985 | ||
| 1985 | Vilho Koirans | Mauno Koivisto | Ibrahim Babangida | 1989 | |
| 1989 | Esko Kunnamo | 1992 | |||
| 1992 | Heikki Latvanen | 1995 | |||
| 1996 | Hannu Ripatti | Chargé d'affaires | Martti Ahtisaari | Ernest Shonekan | 1998 |
| 1999 | Eero Saarikoski | Olusegun Obasanjo | 2003 | ||
| 2003 | Anna-Liisa Korhonen | Tarja Halons | 2007 | ||
| 2007 | Erik Ulfstedt | Umaru Yar'Adua | 2008 | ||
| 2008 | Anneli Vuorinen | 2011 | |||
| 2011 | Riitta Korpivaara | Goodluck Jonathan |
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