Janne Virkkunen

Janne Virkkunen (born 8 December 1948 in Helsinki) is a Finnish journalist.

He was the editor-in-chief of the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper from 1991 until his retirement in 2010.

[1] Virkkunen was the chairman of the International Press Institute from 2008 to 2010.

[2] In the early 1980s, Virkkunen co-authored the book Tamminiemen pesänjakajat, a controversial account of political power struggle in Finland towards the end of Urho Kekkonen's presidency.

[3] Virkkunen is the greatgrandson of composer Jean Sibelius[4]