SESKO’s Honorary Chairmen
Erkki Yrjölä, 1990
Kalervo Rudanko, 1995
Kimmo Saarinen, 2013
SESKO’s Honorary Members
Matti Karttunen, 1990
Otso Kuusisto, 2000
Rainer Smått, 2005
Leo Laaksonen, 2010
Lauri Halme, 2011
Reijo Mattinen, 2017
SESKO Award
The SESKO Award may be granted to persons who have distinguished themselves in electrotechnical standardization or contributed to SESKO’s activity.
Carrying on the legacy of the Erkki Yrjölä Medal the first SESKO Awards were granted in December 2015.
Erkki Yrjölä -medal
Erkki Yrjölä- medals have been granted to 35 especially distinguished experts in electrotechnical standardization. The first medals were badged in the year 2000.
The Award has been named after SESKOs first Honorary Chairman Erkki Yrjölä.
IEC 1906 Award
Created in 2004 by the IEC Executive Committee (ExCo), the 1906 Award was established in commemoration of the IEC’s year of foundation, and honours IEC technical experts around the world, whose work is fundamental to IEC.
The award also recognizes exceptional and recent achievement, a project or other specific contribution related to the activities of IEC and which contributes in a significant way to advancing the work of the Commission.