About Jaakko Kaurinkoski
Lived 1934 – 1998 (aged 64). Jaakko Kaurinkoski was a Finnish journalist and diplomat.
(25 July 1934 Koijärvi
Kaurinkoski was born into a clergy family in the municipality of Koijärvi. He graduated from the Helsinki Finnish School in 1953 and graduated from the University of Helsinki in 1959 as a Bachelor of Political Science. After working for a one year at the Lehtikuva photo agency, he moved to the Uusi Suomi newspaper in 1958, first as a foreign editor and then as a Moscow correspondent from 1963 to 1969. After returning to Helsinki, he served as the head of the Foreign Affairs Department of the magazine from 1970 to 1972.
From 1972 to 1977, Kaurinkoski worked as a correspondent for the Nordic news agencies in Beijing, after which he became the Press Counselor in Stockholm
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Finnish diplomat (1934-1998)
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Jaakko Kaurinkoski was born on 25 July 1934.
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Jaakko Kaurinkoski died on 25 July 1998.
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Jaakko Kaurinkoski was Finnish.
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