Göran Stenius

Göran Stenius

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Gender:
Male
Places:
Finland
Is:
JournalistWriter
Work field:
JournalismLiterature
Birth:
9 July 1909
Death:
21 June 2000
Star sign:
Cancer
Awards:
Tollander award
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Biography

Göran Erik Stenius (9 July 1909, Viipuri – 21 June 2000, Helsinki) was a Swedish Finnishjournalist, official in theForeign Ministry and writer.

Stenius undergraduate as student in 1927 and graduated as a Bachelor of Philosophy in 1935. As a journalist, he workedfrom 1933to 1941 and was employed by the Information Center of the Council of State from 1940 to 1941 and was the Information Center'sRepresentative in Stockholm from 1941 to 1942.

Duringh his service in the Ministry for Foreign AffairsStenius was theChargé d'Affaires to the Holy See from 1947 to 1951, and an Secretary in the Ministry from 1951 to 1965 and Head of Division in 1965 and Counselor in London from 1969 to 1973. Stenius got thetitle ofprofessor in 1995.

Stenius books are mainly aboutKarelia. The "Femte Akten" book published in 1937 it tells about Olavi Paavolainen's visit to Nazi Germany with Stenius.