Former Member of the Board of the Bank of Finland Seppo Lindblom has died

Seppo Lindblom, DSocSc, served at the Bank of Finland as a researcher from 1960 to 1968, as a director from 1974 to 1982 and as a Member of the Board from 1982 until 1987. He was also an acting Member of the Board in the period 1979–1981, and he took a leave of absence from the Board in 1983–1987 to serve as Minister of Trade and Industry.

The Bank of Finland expresses its sorrow at the passing of its long-serving Board member and will lower the national flag to half mast on 17 September 2026.