Matti Anttonen

Matti Kalervo Anttonen (born . 27 November 1957 Tampere) is a Finnish diplomat and present Finnish Ambassador to Sweden .

Anttonen was Finland's ambassador to Russia from 2008 until the end of April 2012. On May 1, 2012, Hannu Himanen will be his successor

After the Russian Ambassadorship, Anttonen served as the Under-Secretary of State for External Economic Relations.

Anttonen has graduated from the Turku School of Economics and Master's Degree from the University of Turku.

He joined the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in 1986. Between 1987 and 1991, he served as Assistant Secretary and Secretary of the Moscow Embassy, then three years at the Geneva Permanent Representation in the UN and between 1994 and 1996 he was responsible for the EU-Russia relations at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In 1998, Anttonen was appointed Head of the Russian Unit and in 2001 the Deputy Director of the East Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Between 2002 and 2006, he served as the Minister and Deputy Head of Mission at the Embassy in Washington, and then as the Energy Coordinator in Helsinki 2007-2008, until he was appointed Ambassador to Moscow.