The Ehrnrooth family is a

Finnish Finnish may refer to: * Something or someone from, or related to Finland * Culture of Finland * Finnish people or Finns, the primary ethnic group in Finland * Finnish language, the national language of the Finnish people * Finnish cuisine See also ...

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family of German origin. It originated from

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

, and came to Finland from

Livonia Livonia ( liv, Līvõmō, et, Liivimaa, fi, Liivinmaa, German and Scandinavian languages: ', archaic German: ''Liefland'', nl, Lijfland, Latvian and lt, Livonija, pl, Inflanty, archaic English: ''Livland'', ''Liwlandia''; russian: Ли ...

around 1600. Its status descends from Johan Plagman (1623–1696), who was raised to nobility in 1687. The family was registered in the

Finnish House of Nobility The House of Nobility either refers to the institution of the Finnish nobility or the palace of the noble estate. The Finnish nobility was until 1906 the first of the four estates of the realm. The Estate The estate of nobility existed fully st ...

in 1818. Members of the Ehrnrooth family has historically belonged to the

Swedish-speaking population of Finland The Swedish-speaking population of Finland (whose members are called by many names; fi, suomenruotsalainen) can be used as an attribute., group=Note—see #Terminology, below; sv, finlandssvenskar; fi, suomenruotsalaiset) is a linguistic mi ...

. Many members of the family have been prominent in Finland's business community.

Members of the family

Adelaïde Ehrnrooth Lovisa Adelaïde Ehrnrooth (17 January 1826 – 31 May 1905) was a Finland, Finnish feminist and writer. Adelaïde Ehrnrooth was born in Nastola, one of the 16 children of an aristocratic family.''Suomen kulttuurihistoria'', p. 59. Editor in ch ...

(1826–1905), writer, feminist *

Adolf Ehrnrooth Adolf Erik Ehrnrooth (9 February 1905 – 26 February 2004) was a Finnish general who served during the Winter and Continuation wars. He also competed in two equestrian events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. Early life Born in Helsinki, Ehrnrooth ...

(1905–2004), general * Adolf Reinhold Ehrnrooth, general * Alexander Ehrnrooth (b. 1974), businessman * Anthony Ehrnrooth (b. 1984), Country manager of Skynet Worldwide Express Finland, cinematographer, editor and blogger *

Casimir Ehrnrooth Göran Albert Casimir "Casse" Ehrnrooth, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (April 6, 1931 – July 8, 2015), was a Finnish magnate and former chairman of the Nokia Corporation. His business career began in the forest industry, and later he was a director of UP ...

(1931–2015), businessman, chairman of

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...

* Gay Ehrnrooth (1925–2006), businessman *

Georg C. Ehrnrooth Georg Carl Casimir Ehrnrooth (27 July 1926 - 17 October 2010) was a Finnish politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Parliament for Helsinki from 1958 to 1979 and again from 1983 to 1987. He initially represented the Swedish People's Party of ...

(1926–2010), politician * Georg Larsson Ehrnrooth, Georg Ehrnrooth (b. 1940), businessman *

Göran Ehrnrooth Göran Ehrnrooth (1 April 1905 Helsinki – 9 January 1996 Helsinki) was a Finnish banker in Union Bank (Pohjoismaiden Yhdyspankki, later after several mergers Nordea. Göran Ehrnrooth worked for the Union Bank since 1933. He launched Mandatum. H ...

(1905–1996), banker, father of Casimir (1931–2015), Göran J. (b. 1934), Robert (b. 1939) and Elsa Margaretha Louise (b. 1942) *

Göran J. Ehrnrooth '' Vuorineuvos'' Clas Göran Jakob Ehrnrooth (born 12 January 1934 in Helsinki), was the CEO of Fiskars from 1969 to 1983. He has also served as a member of the board for Virala Oy (1977-) and Wärtsilä (1992).Kuka kukin on (Who is who in Finlan ...

(b. 1934), CEO of

Fiskars Fiskars Group (also known as Fiskars Oyj Abp or Fiskars Corporation, and until 1998 as Fiskars Oy Ab) is a Finnish group company. The company has its roots in the village of Fiskars (in the town of Raseborg, about west of Helsinki), where it was ...

, father of Alexander (b. 1974) and Albert (b. 1976)Kuka kukin on (Who is who in Finland) Otava 2009 p. 130 Alexander Ehrnrooth is the main owner of Tiimari since 2006 (Finnish shops with paper, party and consumption ware). * Gustaf Ehrnrooth (1898–1983), general * Gustaf Adolf Ehrnrooth (1779–1848), general * Gustaf Robert Ehrnrooth (1821–1911), general * Hans Ehrnrooth (b. 1974), businessman * Henrik Ehrnrooth (b. 1969), finance manager of

Kone Kone Oyj (; officially stylized as KONE and trading as KONE Corporation) is an elevator engineering company employing over 60,000 personnel across 60 countries worldwide. It was founded in 1910 and is now headquartered in Espoo near Helsinki, F ...

and member of Board of Directors *

Johann Casimir Ehrnrooth Johan Casimir Ehrnrooth (russian: Казимир Густавович Э́рнрот, Kazimir Gustavovich Ernrot; 26 November 1833 – 5 February 1913) was a Finnish statesman in the service of Imperial Russia, who also acted as Prime Minister o ...

(1833–1913), lieutenant general *

Leo Ehrnrooth Leo Reinhold Ehrnrooth (10 March 1877 in Helsinki – 26 July 1951 in Sweden) was a Finnish politician from Swedish People's Party of Finland. He was a member of the Senate of Finland. He served as Minister of Trade and Industry in 1920, and ...

(1877–1951), politician * Mia Mikela Ehrnrooth (b. 1987), actress and model *

Nina Ehrnrooth Nina Katarina Ehrnrooth (born 9 April 1962 in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish alpine skier who competed in the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games (french: XVes Jeux olympiques d'hiver) a ...

(b. 1962), alpine skier

Göran Ehrnrooth 1905–1996

was a bank manager in Union Bank Finland. Göran Ehrnrooth was married to Louise von Julin, daughter of Jacob von Julin, the CEO of Kaukas paper factory. Their children are

(b. 1931)

UPM-Kymmene UPM-Kymmene Oyj is a Finnish forest industry company. UPM-Kymmene was formed by the merger of Kymmene Corporation with Repola Oy and its subsidiary United Paper Mills Ltd in 1996. UPM consists of six business areas: UPM Fibres, UPM Energy, UPM Ra ...

CEO,

(b. 1934),

Robert Ehrnrooth The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

(b. 1939) EFFOA-Suomen Höyrylaiva CEO and Elsa Margaretha Louise Fromond (b. 1942).Ehrnrooth, Göran (1905–1996).
National Biography of Finland.

Finnish Literature Society The Finnish Literature Society ( fi, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura ry or fi, SKS) was founded in 1831 to promote literature written in Finnish. Among its first publications was the ''Kalevala'', the Finnish national epic A national epic ...

Casimir Ehrnrooth's children are

Henrik Ehrnrooth Henrik Göran Casimir Ehrnrooth (born 7 July 1954 in Helsinki) is a Finnish economist, manager and investor. He has been CEO and President at KONE since April 2014. Previously he served as KONE's CFO between 2009–2014. Prior to his career at KONE, ...

(b. 1954), CEO of

Pöyry Pöyry PLC ( fi, Pöyry Oyj), which merged in 2019 with Swedish company ÅF into AFRY, was an international consulting and engineering firm that served clients globally across the energy and industrial sectors and provided local engineering serv ...

Johanna Ehrnrooth Johanna Ehrnrooth (June 23, 1958 – May 26, 2020) was a Finnish painter. References 2020 deaths 1958 births Artists from Helsinki Finnish women painters 20th-century Finnish painters 21st-century Finnish painters {{Finland-bio-st ...

(1958–2020), painter, Georg J. C. Ehrnrooth (b. 1966), and

Carl-Gustaf Ehrnrooth Carl-Gustaf Casimir Ehrnrooth (born 5 August 1969 in Helsinki) is a Finnish investor. He has been a member of the Guggenheim Foundation's Board of Directors since September 2008. The Guggenheim Foundation was targeting a museum in the city of Hels ...

(b. 1969), a member of Guggenheim Foundation Board of Directors since September 2008.Ehrnrooth, Casimir (1931–2015).
National Biography of Finland, 6 June 2003.

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