The Wegelius family is originally from the county of Ilmajoki in Ostrobothnia, the family's forefather is considered to be Jakob Eriksson Uppa who was the master of the

Seinäjoki Seinäjoki (; "Wall River"; la, Wegelia, formerly sv, Östermyra) is a city located in South Ostrobothnia, Finland; east of Vaasa, north of Tampere, west of Jyväskylä and southwest of Oulu. Seinäjoki originated around the Östermyra bru ...

-based Uppala house in the early 17th century. The Wegelius family consists of many famous individual political figures, bankers, engineers, musicians and sportsmen. The family name Wegelius derives from the name of the Finnish city Seinäjoki. Literally translated to Swedish, Seinäjoki is vägg-älv, or wegg-elf in former Swedish spelling, in Latin form Wegelius.

Notable members

Martin Wegelius Martin Wegelius (10 November 1846 – 22 March 1906) was a Finnish composer and musicologist, primarily remembered as the founder, in 1882, of the Helsinki Music Institute, now known as the Sibelius Academy. Wegelius studied in Leipzig, Vie ...

(1846–1906), Finnish composer and musicologist, primarily remembered as the founder of the Helsinki Music Institute * Theodor Wegelius, politician and the governor of the Bank of Finland 1898–1906 *

Magnus Wegelius Karl Magnus Wegelius (20 August 1884 – 9 December 1936) was a Finnish multi-sport athlete, who won five Olympic medals and eight Finnish national championships in sport shooting, gymnastics and track and field athletics. Sport Olympics ...

, Olympic sportsman *, Finnish aeronautical engineer and general manager of VTT * Christopher Wegelius, Finnish showjumper and banker, father of Charly Wegelius **

Charly Wegelius Charles "Charly" Wegelius (born 26 April 1978 in Espoo, Finland) is a British former professional road racing cyclist. Never a winner of a professional race individually, Wegelius nevertheless made a career out of being a reliable and strong ...

, professional road cyclist, son of Christopher *

Kristiina Wegelius Kristiina Marketta "Tintti" Wegelius (born 12 October 1960) is a Finnish former competitive figure skater. She won medals at Skate Canada International, Skate America, and NHK Trophy, as well as four Finnish national titles. Wegelius placed tent ...

, Olympic sportswoman *, Swedish TV presenter {{Finland-bio-stub Finnish families Latin-language surnames