Viktor Schauman (1822 – 3 February 1872) was a

pharmacist A pharmacist, also known as a chemist (Commonwealth English) or a druggist (North American and, archaically, Commonwealth English), is a healthcare professional who prepares, controls and distributes medicines and provides advice and instructi ...

and notable business person and politician from

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...

, Finland. He was married to Elise Wilhelmina Schauman and was the father of the industrialist

Wilhelm Schauman Berndt Wilhelm Schauman (8 November 1857 – 14 November 1911) was a Finnish industrialist, the most important in Jakobstad at the beginning of the 20th century. He was the older brother of Ossian Schauman, and a member of the Schauman noble fa ...

and

Ossian Schauman Julius Ossian Schauman (30 March 1862 – 6 February 1922) was one of the founders of the Swedish-speaking non-governmental organization ''Folkhälsan'', which provides social welfare and health care services in Finland. He was also the younger b ...

, who later created the health organization ''

Folkhälsan Samfundet Folkhälsan, or in short Folkhälsan (literally "Public Health"), is a non-governmental organization based in Finland. It is active in advocating social welfare and health care for the Swedish speakers of Finland. The organization carri ...

''. In 1845 he bought the ''Jakobstads Tobaksspinneri'' tobacco company together with the businessman Philip Ulric Strengberg, renaming it into "Ph. U. Strengberg & Co Tobaks-Fabrik". He was greatly interested in gardening and the botanical garden of Jakobstad, the so-called ''Skolparken'' was created in his and his wife's memory.

References

*''Österbotten'' No. 4 (page 8
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schauman, Viktor 1822 births 1872 deaths People from Jakobstad People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Swedish-speaking Finns Finnish people of German descent Finnish pharmacists