TEEMU KANGAS-KÄRKI APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FISKARS CORPORATION

TEEMU KANGAS-KÄRKI APPOINTED CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER FOR FISKARS CORPORATION    

Mr. Teemu Kangas-Kärki M.Sc. (Econ) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer  
(CFO) for Fiskars Corporation.  He will report to the President and CEO Kari    
Kauniskangas and will be a member of the Corporate Management Team.             

Kangas-Kärki is currently the Chief Financial Officer at Alma Media Oyj, a      
Finnish media corporation. He will assume his duties at Fiskars Corporation not 
later than October 2008.                                                        


Kari Kauniskangas                                                               
President and CEO                                                               


Founded in 1649, Fiskars is a leading supplier of branded consumer goods.       
Fiskars business areas are: Garden, Homeware, Craft, Outdoor Recreation, Inha   
Works, and the Real Estate Group. Major international brands are Fiskars,       
Iittala, Gerber, Silva, and Buster. The associated company Wärtsilä Corporation 
is also an important part of the Corporation. Fiskars business segments are     
Americas, EMEA, Wärtsilä, and Other. Fiskars' share is quoted on OMX Nordic     
Exchange Helsinki.                                                              
In 2007, the Fiskars Corporation net sales were EUR 658 million, the operating  
profit EUR 110 million and the Corporation employed some 4,500 people.          
www.fiskars.fi