August Nybergh (20 August 1851 in
Heinola
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– 5 December 1920 in
Helsinki
Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...
) was a
Finnish jurist
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,
senator
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in the
Grand Duchy of Finland
The Grand Duchy of Finland was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed from 1809 to 1917 as an Autonomous region, autonomous state within the Russian Empire.
Originating in the 16th century as a titular grand duchy held by the Monarc ...
,
Member of Parliament and the first president of the
Supreme Court of Finland
The Supreme Court of Finland ( , abbreviated as ''KKO''; , abbreviated as ''HD''), located in Helsinki, is the court of last resort for cases within the private law of Finland (that is, civil and criminal cases). The Court's counterpart is the ...
.
References
External links
The biography of August Nybergh in the National Biography of Finland (in Finnish)Wikisource (fi): Kuka kukin oli 1961
1851 births
1920 deaths
People from Heinola
People from Mikkeli Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
Swedish-speaking Finns
Swedish People's Party of Finland politicians
Finnish senators
Members of the Diet of Finland
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1910–1911)
Members of the Parliament of Finland (1911–1913)
University of Helsinki alumni
19th-century Finnish people
20th-century judges
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