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]