Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces during the period of World War II (1939–1945), and as the sixth president of Finland (1944–1946). He became Finland's only field marshal in 1933 and was appointed honorary Marshal of Finland in 1942.
Count Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt was a Finnish-Swedish-Russian count, baron, courtier, general, and diplomat. In Finland, he is considered one of the greatest Finnish statesmen. His advice to Russia's Tsar Alexander I was of utmost importance for securing the autonomy of the Grand Duchy of Finland.
The Mannerheim family also spelled von Mannerheim is the name of a prominent noble family of German origin, which was part of Finnish, Swedish, and German nobility.
The governor-general of Finland was the military commander and the highest administrator of Finland sporadically under Swedish rule in the 17th and 18th centuries and continuously in the autonomous Grand Duchy of Finland between 1809 and 1917.
The Senate of Finland combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in independent Finland from 1917 to 1918.
The Governor of a province of Finland headed the activities of the State Provincial Office until the end of 2009, when the provinces were abolished. The governors were appointed by the President. Many former ministers including but not limited to Kaarlo Hillilä, Martti Miettunen, Hannele Pokka and Anneli Taina served as governors, since the post was regarded as prestigious enough for a retiring minister, but still politically neutral. The title of maaherra was also considered a personal title, such that once appointed, the title maaherra remained for life.
Turku and Pori Province was a province of independent Finland from 1917 to 1997. The province was however founded as a county in 1634 when today's Finland was an integrated part of Sweden. It is named after the cities of Turku and Pori.
Count Carl Gustaf Mannerheim was a Finnish nobleman, amateur entomologist and governor of the Viipuri province in the Grand Duchy of Finland. He collected beetles from across the Arctic region from Alaska to Russia through northern Scandinavia making use of a network of aristocratic amateurs and Finnish settlers resulting in a personal collection of nearly 100000 specimens of beetles representing 20,000 species made over a period of 40 years.
Aleksi Emanuel Lehtonen was archbishop of Turku from 1945 till 1951.
Nils Turesson Bielke was a Swedish statesman, member of the privy council, son of Ture Pedersson Bielke.
Hilda Flodin was a Finnish artist. She worked in a variety of media, but in the first part of her career primarily sculpture and etchings, later primarily painting, especially portraits.
Count Carl Erik Mannerheim was a Swedish–Finnish soldier, statesman and member of the Senate of Finland as its first Vice Chairman of the Economic Division, an office corresponding to that of the modern Prime Minister.
Johan Albert Edvard von Julin was a Finnish businessman and vuorineuvos, who served as the CEO of Fiskars Ab from 1875, rescuing the company from financial difficulties. He was the uncle of Gustaf Mannerheim, who was later known as the Marshal of Finland and the Commander-in-chief of the Finnish Defence Forces.
Baron Lars Arvid Axel von Haartman was a Finnish ornithologist, artist, poet and writer who came from a noble family of Swedish descent. He was best known for examining the population dynamics of birds through a long-term study of the pied flycatcher. He served as a professor of zoology at the University of Helsinki from 1968 to 1984.
Von Haartman is a Swedish-origin surname. Persons with the surname include:
Countess Eva Mannerheim-Sparre (1870–1957) was a Finnish book artist, designer and writer.
Carl Daniel von Haartman was a Finnish physician (gynaecologist).
Baron Johan Mauritz Nordenstam was a Finnish general who served as Vice Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate of Finland, an office preceding that of Prime Minister, from 1858 to his death in 1882. He was the longest-serving head of government in Finnish history. He also served as the governor of Uusimaa Province from 1847 to 1858, vice chancellor of the University of Helsinki from 1847 to 1855, and a senator without portfolio from 1848 to 1858. He briefly served as acting Governor-General five times, and was Lord Marshal (speaker) at the first three sessions of the Diet of Finland following 54 years without an assembly.
Evert Julius Bonsdorff was a Finnish physician and professor of anatomy and physiology who worked on comparative anatomy. He also described many species of insects from Finland.
Johan Fredrik Aminoff was a Finnish Count, Baron, General, and Statesman who had major influence in Finland during the Kingdom of Sweden, and later in the newly formed Grand Duchy of Finland in Imperial Russia.
