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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 of nobility existed fully starting from the 1809 Diet of Porvoo, and was formally organized in 1818.
Families of Finnish nobility were registered in the rolls of the Finnish House of Nobility, through a process called introduction to one's peers, after the royal/imperial creation.
First introductions in 1818 were registrations of those noble families registered in the Swedish House of Nobility whose male members lived in Finland and had sworn fealty to the emperor.
During the period of Finland being a Grand Duchy to Russia, a number of ''de novo'' creations and naturalizations were made by the Russian emperors. The first estate of the four estates of the realm of Finland existed until 1906 when a single chamber parliament was introduced. Baron August Langhoff was the last to be ennobled, in 1912. Hence, Finnish nobility today is a closed society. Today the House of Nobility is a hereditary association of members of registered nobility.
The families ''introduced'' to the Finnish House of Nobility together with a brief description of the origins of the family and the coats of arms are listed on the House of Nobility website.
The Finnish House of Nobility as corporation owns, since 1857, the assembly building completed in 1862.
The building, called Ritarihuone in Finnish and Riddarhuset in Swedish, (House of Knights) is of Neogothic style by
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 starting from the 1809 Diet of Porvoo, and was formally organized in 1818.
Families of Finnish nobility were registered in the rolls of the Finnish House of Nobility, through a process called introduction to one's peers, after the royal/imperial creation.
First introductions in 1818 were registrations of those noble families registered in the Swedish House of Nobility whose male members lived in Finland and had sworn fealty to the emperor.
During the period of Finland being a Grand Duchy to Russia, a number of ''de novo'' creations and naturalizations were made by the Russian emperors. The first estate of the four estates of the realm of Finland existed until 1906 when a single chamber parliament was introduced. Baron August Langhoff was the last to be ennobled, in 1912. Hence, Finnish nobility today is a closed society. Today the House of Nobility is a hereditary association of members of registered nobility.
The families ''introduced'' to the Finnish House of Nobility together with a brief description of the origins of the family and the coats of arms are listed on the House of Nobility website.
The Ritarihuone / Riddarhuset building
The Finnish House of Nobility as corporation owns, since 1857, the assembly building completed in 1862.
The building, called Ritarihuone in Finnish and Riddarhuset in Swedish, (House of Knights) is of Neogothic style by G.T. Chiewitz
Georg Theodor Policron Chiewitz (5 October 1815 – 28 December 1862) was a Swedish architect and engineer. Due to financial problems he moved to Finland in 1851, where Chiewitz spent the rest of his career.Kruununhaka, downtown Helsinki. The block and its land is owned collectively by the Finnish nobility. There are the offices of the House, for example its General Secretary, the Chancellery, and the Genealogist as well as a library, archives and heraldic collections.
* List of Finnish noble families
Finland's House of Nobility
{{Coord, 60, 10, 11, N, 24, 57, 23, E, region:FI-ES_type:landmark_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Grand Duchy of Finland Kruununhaka
Lord Marshals
Traditionally, theLord Marshal Lord Marshal may refer to one of the following
*Lord Marshal of England
*Earl Marischal
* Lord Marshal (Sweden) (Swedish: ''Lantmarskalk'') was in Sweden before 1866 the presiding officer for the nobles in the Riksdag of the Estates
** That title ...
was the chairman of sessions of the noble class (House of Nobility) as well as the overall speaker of the Diet. The persons who held the office of Lord Marshal in various diet sessions, are listed below:
*1809 count Robert Wilhelm De Geer
*1863–1864 Lieutenant General Johan Nordenstam
*1867 Johan Nordenstam
*1872 Johan Nordenstam
*1877–1878 Johan von Born Johan
* Johan (given name)
* ''Johan'' (film), a 1921 Swedish film directed by Mauritz Stiller
* Johan (band), a Dutch pop-group
** ''Johan'' (album), a 1996 album by the group
* Johan Peninsula, Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
* Jo-Han, a manu ...
*1882 baron
Baron is a rank of nobility or title of honour, often hereditary, in various European countries, either current or historical. The female equivalent is baroness. Typically, the title denotes an aristocrat who ranks higher than a lord or knig ...
Samuel Verner von Troil
*1885 baron Samuel Verner von Troil
*1888 Gabriel von Haartman
*1891 Gabriel von Haartman
*1894 Lars von Hellens
*1897 baron Samuel Verner von Troil
*1899 (extraordinary diet) baron Samuel Verner von Troil
*1900 Counselor of State professor Lorentz Lindelöf
*1904–1905 Constantin Linder (1904), Ossian Wuorenheimo (1905)
*1905–1906 (extraordinary diet) Viktor Magnus von Born
See also
* List of Finnish noble families
References
External links
*Finland's House of Nobility
{{Coord, 60, 10, 11, N, 24, 57, 23, E, region:FI-ES_type:landmark_source:kolossus-svwiki, display=title Grand Duchy of Finland Kruununhaka