Schauman is a Swedo-Finnish

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family introduced in both the

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and the

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. Originally known as a family of high-ranking soldiers, since the 1800s its representatives have become known in numerous other fields. The family is from the Baltic countries and moved to

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at the end of the 1600s. It is considered to be from the nobility of Courland. However, according to an alternative theory the roots of the family could be in Kurpfalz,

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, in which in 1596 a family with the same name was ennobled. The Finnish ancestor of the family is lieutenant colonel Henrik Johan Schauman (1649–1730) of the

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County Cavalry Regiment, who came from the

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region in

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and moved to Sweden in 1662. He was naturalized in the

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in 1686 by

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and his family was introduced to the House of Knights in 1697 as a nobleman, number 1287. Today's living branches are all descendants of his grandson, noble-muse Berndt Otto Schauman (1738–1805). In connection with the organization of the Finnish House of Nobility, Schaumans were marked there in 1818 as a noble family, number 96. Descendants of the family moved to

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in the late 19th century and in the 1920s to

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; the family still lives in both countries. Alternative noble families{{clarify, date=August 2019 have subsequently re-elected the right to represent the House of Knights. Schaumans are also living today in

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and the

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. The Schauman

family is strongly

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, as some of its branches have long existed even in

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Notable members of the family

*August Schauman (1826–1876), publicist, founder of the newspaper

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. *

Eugen Schauman Eugen Waldemar Schauman (russian: Евгений Владимирович Шауман, ''Evgeny Vladimirovich Shauman''); ( – ) was a Swedish speaking Finnish nationalist and nobleman. Schauman assassinated the Imperial Russian Governor-Gene ...

(1875–1904), activist, assassin of Governor-General of Finland

Nikolay Bobrikov Nikolay Ivanovich Bobrikov (russian: Никола́й Ива́нович Бо́бриков; in St. Petersburg – June 17, 1904 in Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Russian general and politician. He was the Governor-General of Finla ...

. * Frans Ludvig Schauman, professor, bishop. *

Georg Schauman Georg Carl August Schauman (14 September 1870 – 6 October 1930) was a Finnish historian, librarian and politician. He was librarian at the University of Helsinki library, today the National Library of Finland, as well as a member of the Di ...

(1870–1930), politician, member of parliament. * Göran Schauman (born 1940), Olympic sailor. * Harry Schauman (1879–1932), industrialist, founder of Harry Schauman Foundation. *

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 ...

(1862–1922), Professor of Internal Medicine, founder of the non-governmental healthcare organization

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. * Runar Schauman, (1908–1977), actor, theater director. * Sigrid Schauman (1877–1979), artist, art critic. *

Viktor Schauman Viktor Schauman (1822 – 3 February 1872) was a pharmacist and notable business person and politician from Jakobstad, Finland. He was married to Elise Wilhelmina Schauman and was the father of the industrialist Wilhelm Schauman and Ossian Schauma ...

(1822–1872), businessman. *

Waldemar Schauman Fredrik Waldemar Schauman (10 August 1844, Helsinki – 16 September 1911, Helsinki) was a Finnish politician and lieutenant general. He was a member of the Senate of Finland. He was the father of Eugen Schauman Eugen Waldemar Schauman (ru ...

, (1844–1911), lieutenant general, privy counsellor, senator, governor. *

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 ...

(1857–1911), industrialist, businessman. * Oscar Teodor Schauman (1849–1931), major general, commander of Finnish Dragoon Regiment. *Törbjorn Schauman (1918–2007), businessman. * Viktor Rafael Schauman (1860–1946), major general, 1st commander of the Finnish Military Academy.

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Finnish noble families Finnish people of Latvian descent

Notable members of the family

See also

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