Swedish-speaking Population of Finland - Notable Swedish-speakers From Finland

Notable Swedish-speakers From Finland

• Antti Ahlström, industrialist and founder of the Ahlstrom Corporation.
• Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, courtier and diplomat. In Finland, he is considered one of the great Finnish statesmen.
• Elmer Diktonius, modernist leftwing writer.
• Jörn Donner, writer, film director, actor, producer and politician.
• Albert Edelfelt, painter.
• Johan Albrecht Ehrenström, architect and chairman of the committee in charge of rebuilding the city of Helsinki
• John Casimir Ehrnrooth, soldier in the service of Imperial Russia, who also acted as Prime Minister of Bulgaria.
• Arvid Adolf Etholén, Naval officer employed by the Russian-American Company
• Karl-August Fagerholm, three times Prime Minister of Finland
• Kaj Franck, leading figure in Finnish design
• Fredrik Idestam, mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia.
• Tove Jansson, writer, creator of Moomin characters
• Eero Järnefelt, realist painter.
• Ragnar Granit, scientist, Nobel Prize winner in Physiology or Medicine in 1967
• Marcus Grönholm, rally driver
• Gustaf Mannerheim, Marshal and President of Finland, commander-in-chief during the Winter War
• Gustaf Nordenskiöld, explorer of the cliff dwellings of Mesa Verde, Colorado; son of Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld
• Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld, Arctic explorer, first to conquer the Northeast passage and circumnavigate Eurasia; father of Gustaf Nordenskiöld
• Emil von Qvanten, poet and politician
• Johan Ludvig Runeberg, romantic writer and Finland's national poet
• Helene Schjerfbeck, painter.
• Jean Sibelius, classical composer
• Johan Vilhelm Snellman, influential Fennoman philosopher and Finnish statesman
• Lars Sonck, architect.
• Kaarlo Juho Ståhlberg, 1st President of Finland
• Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, 3rd President of Finland
• Edith Södergran, modernist poet
• Zacharias Topelius, journalist, historian and author
• Linus Torvalds, software engineer, creator of the Linux kernel
• Rudolf Walden, industrialist and general.
• Martin Wegelius, composer, musicologist, and founder of the Sibelius Academy
• Niklas Bäckström, Icehockey player
• Georg Henrik von Wright, philosopher

Old Swedish-speaking Gentry (Origins in Finland prior the establishment of church records - 1650)

• Adlercreutz (1600 - )
• Boije (1400 - )
• Carpelan (1400 - )
• Creutz (1400- )
• Fellman (1500 - )
• Frosterus (1500 -)
• Idman (1600 - )
• Jägerhorn af Spurila
• Lagus (1500 - )
• Lilius (1500 - )
• Munck (1500 - )
• Orreus (1600- )
• Procopé (1500 - )
• Wegelius (1600 - )

Old Swedish-speaking Gentry of non-Finnish origin ( - 1650)

• Aminoff (1600 - ) Russia
• Bonsdorff (1600 - ) Germany
• Colliander (1600 - ) Sweden
• Gripenberg (1600 - ) Sweden
• Hornborg (1600 - ), Germany-Poland
• Knorring, von (1500 - ) Germany
• Mannerheim (1600 - ) Germany
• Meinander (1600 - ) Sweden
• Ramsay (1100 - ) Scotland
• Nordenskiöld Uppland, Sweden
• Rosenlew (1600 - ) Germany
• Schauman (1600 - ) Germany
• Stjernvall (1600 - ) Sweden
• Svinhufvud af Qvalstadt Dalarna, Sweden
• Willebrand, von (1500 - ) Germany
• Wrede (1200 - ) Germany

Swedish-speaking Families historically involved with Industry and Commerce

• Ahlström (1800 - )
• Alftan and Alfthan (1600 - )
• Bruun (1600 - )
• Borgström (1700 - )
• Donner (1600 - ) Germany
• Fazer (1800 - ) Switzerland
• Frenckell (1700 - ) Germany
• Hackman (1600 - ) Germany
• Jaenisch (1700–1900)
• Paulig (1800 - ) Germany
• Stockmann (1800 - ) Germany
• von Rettig Germany
• Rosenlew (1600 - ) Germany
• Thesleff (1500 - )

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• Families mentioned in Suomen Kansallisbiografia (the Finnish National Biography)
• The years inside the brackets indicates the time of adoption of the current family name or the establishment of the family in Finland
• The definition used in this article for the word gentry refers to people of high social class, especially in the past. Cambridge Dictionary