Otto Stenroth (13 May 1861 in

Saarijärvi Saarijärvi () is a town and municipality of Finland. It is located in the Central Finland region. The municipality has a population of () and covers an area of of which is water. The population density is . Neighbouring municipalities are ...

– 16 December 1939 in

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) was a

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lawyer,

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and banker. He served as a member of

Kansallis-Osake-Pankki Kansallis-Osake-Pankki (KOP) was a Finnish commercial bank operating from 1889 to 1995. It was created by the fennoman movement as a Finnish language alternative to the largely Swedish language bank, Suomen Yhdyspankki (''Swedish: Föreningsbank ...

bank executive board from 1889 to 1893, and deputy director general of

bank executive board from 1893 to 1906. Thereafter, he served as the chairman of the board of Hypoteekkikassa from 1904 to 1908 and 1909 to 1916. Stenroth was the managing director of Finnish Real Estate Bank from 1907 to 1908 and 1909 to 1918. Stenroth was a member of the

Diet of Finland The Diet of Finland ( Finnish ''Suomen maapäivät'', later ''valtiopäivät''; Swedish ''Finlands Lantdagar''), was the legislative assembly of the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1809 to 1906 and the recipient of the powers of the Swedish Ri ...

for the burghers 1891–1900. He was elected as a member of the parliament for the

Young Finnish Party The Young Finnish Party or Constitutional-Fennoman Party ( fi, Nuorsuomalainen Puolue or ) was a liberal and nationalist political party in the Grand Duchy of Finland. It began as an upper-class reformist movement during the 1870s and formed as a ...

from the Eastern Province of Vaasa constituency 1908–1909. He was a member of the Helsinki City Council 1911-1918 and its vice chairman from 1915 to 1918. Otto Stenroth was in the Senate of the

Grand Duchy of Finland The Grand Duchy of Finland ( fi, Suomen suuriruhtinaskunta; sv, Storfurstendömet Finland; russian: Великое княжество Финляндское, , all of which literally translate as Grand Principality of Finland) was the predecess ...

, head of the Senate Commerce and Industry Committee in the Hjelt cabinet 1908–1909. When Finland gained independence, Stenroth became the Head of the Foreign Affairs Board and a senator in the Paasikivi cabinet 27 May 1918 – 27 November 1918. Stenroth was the Governor of Bank of Finland from 13 December 1918 to 20 January 1923.

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1861 births 1939 deaths People from Saarijärvi People from Vaasa Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Young Finnish Party politicians National Coalition Party politicians Finnish senators Ministers for Foreign Affairs of Finland Members of the Diet of Finland Members of the Parliament of Finland (1908–09) Governors of the Bank of Finland Finnish bankers {{NationalCoalition-politician-stub