List of Finnish ambassadors in South Africa

List of Finnish ambassadors in South Africa .

appointment	Leave post	Surname	Remarks	appointed by	Government during accreditation
1949	1952	Helge von Knorring	Chargé d'affaires	Juho Kusti Paasikivi	George VI.
1952	1957	Armas Yontilä	Chargé d'affaires	Juho Kusti Paasikivi	Elizabeth II
1957	1964	Hans Ruben Martola	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Elizabeth II
1964	1969	Tauno Nevalainen	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Charles Robberts Swart
1969	1971	Jaakko Lyytinen	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Jacobus Johannes Fouché
1971	1974	Kurt Uggeldahl	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Jacobus Johannes Fouché
1974	1977	Kari Härkönen	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Jacobus Johannes Fouché
1977	1980	Juha Puromies	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Johannes de Klerk
1980	1984	Pertti Chews	Chargé d'affaires	Urho Kekkonen	Marais Viljoen
1984	1988	Erik Hagfors	Chargé d'affaires	Mauno Koivisto	Pieter Willem Botha
1988	1990	Hannu Mäntyvaara	Chargé d'affaires	Mauno Koivisto	Pieter Willem Botha
1990	1991	Hannu Uusi-Videnoja	Chargé d'affaires	Mauno Koivisto	Frederik Willem de Klerk
1991	1995	Bjorn Ekblom		Mauno Koivisto	Frederik Willem de Klerk
1995	2000	Tapani Brotherus		Martti Ahtisaari	Nelson Mandela
2000	2005	Kirsti Lintonen		Tarja Halons	Thabo Mbeki
2005	2009	Heikki Tuunanen		Tarja Halons	Thabo Mbeki
2009		Tiina Myllyntausta		Tarja Halons	Jacob Zuma

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• Historia. Suomen ja Etelä-Afrikan väliset suhteet. Embassy of Finland,September 3, 2009, accessed August 15, 2011 (Finnish, also available in English). 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Björn Ekblom. (No longer available online.) Söderströms, formerly in the original ; Retrieved August 15, 2011 (Finnish).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.