Evald Kristian Relander (January 7, 1856 – October 9, 1926) was a Finnish teacher and banker who received the title of agricultural councillor (''maanviljelysneuvos'').
His son was
Lauri Kristian Relander
Lauri Kristian Relander ( , ; 31 May 1883 – 9 February 1942) was the second president of Finland (1925–1931). A prominent member of the Agrarian League, he served as a member of Parliament, and as Speaker, before his election as Preside ...
, the
second President of the
Republic of Finland
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.
Relander's parents were chaplain Erik Kristian Relander (1812–1877) and Maria Wilhelmina Wahlberg (1822–1904). Relander attended six grades of middle school in
Joensuu
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, but then went to study at a business college in
Turku
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. After graduating, he worked as an assistant teacher and accountant at an agricultural school in
Kurkijoki. However, after studying in
Mustiala, he graduated as an
agronomist
An agriculturist, agriculturalist, agrologist, or agronomist (abbreviated as agr.) is a professional in the science, practice, and management of agriculture and agribusiness. It is a regulated profession in Canada, India, the Philippines, the Uni ...
. After working as both a teacher and school principal in Kurkijoki, Relander moved to
Elisenvaara
Elisenvaara (; ) is a settlement in Lakhdenpokhsky District of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, and an important station of the Viipuri-Joensuu railroad. The station is also linked by railway to Savonlinna, Finland. The settlement has an approx ...
in 1897 as a teacher and principal. Relander held, among other things, several positions of trust and organization, and he also served as the manager of the Elisenvaara branch of the
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 ...
from 1916. Relander, who retired in 1921, received the title of agricultural councillor in 1920.
He died in
Vyborg
Vyborg (; , ; , ; , ) is a town and the administrative center of Vyborgsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It lies on the Karelian Isthmus near the head of Vyborg Bay, northwest of St. Petersburg, east of the Finnish capital H ...
in 1926.
Evald Relander became the first father to see his child become president of the republic; the next time this happened was not until 2024, when
Göran Stubb
Göran Stubb (; born 10 March 1935) is a Finnish ice hockey executive. He is the National Hockey League (NHL) Director of European Scouting. Stubb began working as the chairman of IFK Helsinki from 1961 to 1975 before joining the Finnish Ice Ho ...
saw his son
Alexander Stubb
Cai-Göran Alexander Stubb (, born 1 April 1968) is a Finnish politician who has been the 13th president of Finland since 2024. He previously served as Prime Minister of Finland from 2014 to 2015.
Rising in politics as a researcher specialis ...
take the oath of office.
References
External links
Relander, Evald Kristian– ''Kurkijoki.fi'' (in Finnish)
1856 births
1926 deaths
19th-century Finnish educators
19th-century Finnish farmers
19th-century people from the Russian Empire
Finnish agronomists
Finnish bankers
People from Vyborg
Rectors of universities and colleges in Finland
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