labour, facilities and cash. The most important part of the factory's contribution on war reparations were 25,000 electric motors delivered to Soviet Union. The time of reconstruction until the early 1950s was the time of most rapid growth in the company history. Wärtsilä Långhjelm's achievements were also noted by Wilhelm Wahlforss, general manager of the shipbuilding and engineering company Wärtsilä. In 1951 he recruited Långhjelm to Deputy Director. Their characters were different, but complemented each other. Långhjelm took part in trade negotiations with Soviet Union; Wärtsilä got increasingly demanding ship orders from the eastern neighbour. Moreover, Långhjelm managed to increase foothold on West European and domestic market. He had a strong role in 1956 introduced act, which strengthened the financial position of Finnish shipbuilders in international market by tax reliefs and improved credit terms; the law became known as Lex Långhjelm. Långhjelm became board member in the middle of the 1950s and in the beginning of 1962 he followed Wahlforss as general manager of Wärtsilä. In the same year he was titled vuorineuvos. Långhjelm, however, started to move aside from operative management, and moved responsibility gradually to Tankmar Horn. Horn followed Långhjelm as Wärtsilä leader in 1970. Political career Långhjelm was member of Vaasa city council in 1950–1951. During 1963–1965 he belonged to Ekenäs town board and he was in town council in 1965. In the 1960s he had number of positions of trust in Vaasa and Ekenäs, as an SFP member. Organisational activities Långhjelm was an influential character in Finnish Industry Federation, Finnish Engineering Industry Association and number of engineering related associations. During 1934–1947 Länghjelm was the Finnish national committee secretary in the World Energy Congress. Personal life Långhjelm was married to Iris Helena née Swens. His favourite hobby was sailing; he used to make long sailing trips in the Finnish archipelago. He also spent his free time with literature. References 1903 births 1987 deaths Finnish business executives Businesspeople from Helsinki Wärtsilä