Finnish Institute of Marine Research

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The Finnish Institute of Marine Research (FIMR) (Finnish: Merentutkimuslaitos and Swedish: Havsforskningsinstitutet) is a research institute founded in 1918 that is subordinate to the Ministry of Transport and Communications. The institute's main objective is to produce marine-science information to facilitate decision-making, for Finns, and for use in seafaring.

Since September 2005, the Finnish Institute of Marine Research has had its headquarters in Dynamicum, a building it shares with the Finnish Meteorological Institute in Kumpula, Helsinki.

[edit] Directors-General

• Rolf Witting (1918–1936)
• Erik Palmén (1939–1947)
• Risto Jurva (1947–1953)
• Ilmo Hela (1955–1975)
• Aarno Voipio (1975–1989)
• Pentti Mälkki (1990–2004)
• Eeva-Liisa Poutanen (2005–)

[edit] Notes

• This article is based on a translation of Merentutkimuslaitos from the Finnish Wikipedia (7-15-2007).

[edit] External links

• Official website
• The Baltic Sea Portal