Bank of Finland

Bank of Finland
Suomen Pankki (Finnish)
Finlands Bank (Swedish)
The Bank of Finland, Helsinki.
Headquarters	Helsinki
Established	1 March 1812
Governor	Erkki Liikanen
Central bank of	Finland
Succeeded by	European Central Bank (1999)¹
Website	www.bof.fi
¹ The Bank of Finland still exists but many functions have been taken over by the ECB.

The Bank of Finland (Finnish: Suomen Pankki, Swedish: Finlands Bank) is the central bank of Finland. It is the fourth oldest central bank in the world.^[1]

History

Bank of Finland strong box which moved to Helsinki with the bank when it relocated from Turku.

The Bank of Finland was established on 1 March in 1812 in the city of Turku by Alexander I of Russia.^[2] In 1819 it was relocated to Helsinki. The Bank created and regulated the Finnish Markka until Finland adopted the euro in 1999.

Functions and ownership

The Bank of Finland is Finland’s central bank and a member of the European System of Central Banks and of the Eurosystem.^[3] It is Finland's monetary authority, and is responsible for the country's currency supply and foreign exchange reserves.

The Bank of Finland is owned by the Republic of Finland and governed by the Finnish Parliament, through the Parliamentary Supervisory Council and the Board of the bank. The Board is responsible for the administration of the bank, and the Parliamentary Supervisory Council for supervising the administration and activities of the bank and for other statutory tasks. The bank is governed under the provisions of the Act on the Bank of Finland, passed in 1998.

The bank has branch offices in Kuopio, Tampere, and Oulu.

Organisation

The highest official in the bank is the Governor (currently Erkki Liikanen). The Governor chairs the Board.

Members of Board of the Bank of Finland

Erkki Liikanen, Governor
Pentti Hakkarainen, Deputy Governor
Sinikka Salo
Seppo Honkapohja

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Governors of the Bank of Finland

The Bank of Finland, Helsinki, with the statue of Johan Vilhelm Snellman in front

Claes Johan Sacklén 1812–1816
Carl Johan Idman 1817–1820
Otto Herman Lode 1820–1827
Johan Gustaf Winter 1827–1841
Carl Wilhelm Trapp 1841–1853
Axel Ludvig Bom 1853–1856
Alex Federley 1853–1854
Robert Trapp 1854–1856
Frans Ivar Edelheim 1856–1858
Wilhelm Blidberg 1858–1861
Carl Isak Björkman 1862–1866
Victor von Haartman 1866–1870
August Florin 1870–1875
Gustaf Samuel von Troil 1875–1884
Alfred Charpentier 1884–1897
Carl Theodor Alexander Wegelius 1898–1906
Clas Herman von Collan 1907–1918
Otto Eliel Stenroth 1918–1923
August Ramsay 1923–1924
Risto Ryti 1923–1940
Johan Wilhelm Rangell 1943–1944
Risto Ryti 1944–1945
Sakari Tuomioja 1945–1955
Rainer von Fieandt 1955–1957
Klaus Waris 1957–1967
Mauno Koivisto 1968–1982
Ahti Karjalainen 1982–1983
Rolf Kullberg 1983–1992
Sirkka Hämäläinen 1992–1998
Matti Vanhala 1998–2004 (retired early due to illness)
Erkki Liikanen 2004–

Parliamentary Supervisory Council members

Matti Vanhanen (chairman),
Pentti Oinonen (vice-chairman)
Olavi Ala-Nissilä
Seppo Kääriäinen
Arto Satonen
Jutta Urpilainen
Pia Viitanen
Ville Vähämäki
Ben Zyskowicz

References

↑ "History". Bank of Finland. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
↑ Wäxel- Låne och Depositions-Contoiret i Stor-Furstendömet Finland – Imperial ordinance by Alexander I of Russia, 20 November 1811 (in Russian)
↑ Bank of Finland. "Eurosystem and ESCB". Retrieved 12 September 2012.
↑ "Suomen Pankin organisaatio". Bank of Finland. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bank of Finland.

(Finnish) (Swedish) (English) Bank of Finland official site
Postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Bank of Finland 1811–1961
All the Finnish BIC-codes and an IBAN counter for all Finnish banks

Coordinates: 60°10′16″N 24°57′09″E / 60.17121°N 24.95246°E / 60.17121; 24.95246

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Bank of Finland

History

Functions and ownership

Organisation

Members of Board of the Bank of Finland

Governors of the Bank of Finland

Parliamentary Supervisory Council members

See also

References

External links