Carl Erik Mannerheim (14 December 1759 – 15 January 1837) was a Swedish–Finnish soldier, statesman and member of the

Senate of Finland The Senate of Finland ( fi, Suomen senaatti, sv, Senaten för Finland) combined the functions of cabinet and supreme court in the Grand Duchy of Finland from 1816 to 1917 and in the independent Finland from 1917 to 1918. The body that would beco ...

as its first Vice Chairman of the Economic Division, an office corresponding to that of the modern Prime Minister.

Biography

Carl Erik Mannerheim was born in Säter the third and youngest son of the Artillery Colonel and the

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

Commandant, Johan Augustin Mannerheim (1706–1778)Johan Augustin Mannerheim
(in Swedish) and his second spouse, Helene Maria Söderhjälm (1722–1793). His eldest brother was the prominent Swedish administrator

Lars Augustin Mannerheim Lars is a common male name in Scandinavia, Scandinavian countries. Origin ''Lars'' means "from the city of Laurentum". Lars is derived from the Latin name Laurentius (disambiguation), Laurentius, which means "from Laurentum" or "crowned with Lauru ...

(1749–1835) and the middle brother Gustaf Johan Mannerheim (1754–1826) was the most significant ancestor of the Swedish branch of the

Mannerheim family Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, ; 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military leader and statesman. He served as the military leader of the Whites in the Finnish Civil War of 1918, as Regent of Finland (1918–1919), as comma ...

. Mannerheim studied at Uppsala University, which he left to pursue his military career. He joined the