The House of Nobility either refers to the institution of the

Finnish nobility The Finnish nobility ( fi, Aateli; sv, Adel) was historically a privileged class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire. Noble families and their descendants are still a part of Finnish republican society, bu ...

or the palace of the noble estate. The Finnish nobility was until 1906 the first of the four

estates of the realm The estates of the realm, or three estates, were the broad orders of social hierarchy used in Christendom (Christian Europe) from the Middle Ages to early modern Europe. Different systems for dividing society members into estates developed a ...

The Estate

The estate of nobility existed fully starting from the 1809 Diet of Porvoo, and was formally organized in 1818. Families of

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 The House of Nobility ( sv, Riddarhuset) in Stockholm, Sweden, is a corporation and a building that maintains records and acts as an interest group on behalf of the Swedish nobility. Name The name is literally translated as ''House of Knights'', ...

whose male members lived in Finland and had sworn fealty to the emperor. During the period of Finland being a

Grand Duchy A grand duchy is a country or territory whose official head of state or ruler is a monarch bearing the title of grand duke or grand duchess. Relatively rare until the abolition of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the term was often used in th ...

to Russia, a number of ''de novo'' creations and naturalizations were made by the Russian emperors. The first estate of the four

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. The building is located in

Kruununhaka Kruununhaka (; ) is a neighbourhood of Helsinki, the capital of Finland. Kruununhaka became the area next to the harbour and the center, when Helsinki was moved from the earlier location in the mid-1660s. From the very beginning, the residents i ...

, downtown Helsinki. The block and its land is owned collectively by the

. 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.

Lord Marshals

Traditionally, the

Lord 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 Count (feminine: countess) is a historical title of nobility in certain European countries, varying in relative status, generally of middling rank in the hierarchy of nobility. Pine, L. G. ''Titles: How the King Became His Majesty''. New York ...

Robert Wilhelm De Geer 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 ...

*1863–1864

Lieutenant General Lieutenant general (Lt Gen, LTG and similar) is a three-star military rank (NATO code OF-8) used in many countries. The rank traces its origins to the Middle Ages, where the title of lieutenant general was held by the second-in-command on th ...

Johan Nordenstam *1867 Johan Nordenstam *1872 Johan Nordenstam *1877–1878 Johan von Born *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 kn ...

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 Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an academic rank at universities and other post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin as a "person who professes". Professo ...

Lorentz Lindelöf *1904–1905 Constantin Linder (1904), Ossian Wuorenheimo (1905) *1905–1906 (extraordinary diet) Viktor Magnus von Born

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Finland's House of Nobility
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The Estate

The Ritarihuone / Riddarhuset building

Lord Marshals

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