Karl Felix Heikel (3 June 1844 – 20 May 1921) was a

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banker and politician. He was the son of priest and educator Henrik Heikel, brother of educators and Finnish Baptist pioneers Viktor and

Anna Heikel Anna Charlotta Heikel (2 February 1838 – 3 April 1907) was a Swedish-speaking population of Finland, Finland-Swedish teacher and director of the School for the Deaf in Jakobstad, Finland, from 1878 to 1898. She was a Temperance movement, temper ...

, father of insurance director , cousin of

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Axel Heikel and philologist

Ivar Heikel Ivar August Heikel (16 January 1861 – 8 October 1952) was a Finnish philologist and intellectual historian. He was the nephew of priest and educator Henrik Heikel. He was also the cousin of gymnastics teacher Viktor, educator Anna, banker an ...

, and uncle of

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Yngvar Heikel.

Life

Heikel was born on 3 June 1844 in

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to Henrik and Wilhelmina Johanna Heikel née Schauman. He had ten siblings. Heikel began his studies in 1862 and received his bachelor of philosophy in 1868. He devoted himself to the educational path and made trips to Scandinavia, Germany and North America to study public schooling (''

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''), publishing his letters in the newspaper ''

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''. He later married Sigrid Johanna Lovisa Furuhjelm. In 1881 he became director of the commercial institute in

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and in 1892 he joined the board of the Nordic Investment Bank in

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(since 1907 in

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). He was an active municipal councillor and also participated in political life, where, as a member of the

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from 1882 to 1906, he held an influential position due to his thorough knowledge and moderate attitude. Heikel was

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for the

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Assembly in the 1901

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. He belonged to the

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. Heikel published a number of pamphlets on political and economic issues, including ('The Banking and Monetary System of Finland') (1888). Heikel died on 20 May 1921 in Helsinki, Finland.

Works

* ''Från Förenta Staterna: Nitton bref jemte bihang''. ''

'', Helsinki 1873, new edition of ''Hufvudstadsbladet'', Helsinki 1973 * ''Yhdysvalloista: Yhdeksäntoista kirjettä liitteineen''. J. Häggman and S. Hirvonen, Joensuu 1876 * ''Om allmänt välstånd''. Lättfattliga föreläsningar för arbetare 4. 1876 * ''Om priset och arbetslönen''. Lättfattliga föreläsningar för arbetare 5. 1876 * ''Om myntet samt olika slag af Spar- och lånekassor''. Lättfattliga föreläsningar för arbetare 6. 1877 * ''Centralt eller moderat?'' Politisk flygskrift af. F. H. Beijer, Helsinki 1886 * ''Johan och Baltzar Fellman: Minnesteckning''. Oulu 1887 * ''Vid möten och sammanträden: En kort handledning''. Edlund, Helsinki 1887 * ''Lyhykäinen johdatus kokouksien ja istuntojen pitämiseen''. Edlund, Helsinki 1887 * ''Finlands bank- och penningeväsen: Ett bidrag till belysande af den ekonomiska utvecklingen åren 1809-1887''. Edlund, Helsinki 1888 * ''Vårt nya statsskick''. Politiska ströskrifter 1. Helsinki 1918 * ''Nordiska aktiebanken för handel och industri 1872–1919''. Nordiska aktiebanken, Helsinki 1922 * ''Pohjoismaiden osakepankki kauppaa ja teollisuutta varten''. Helsinki 1922

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Heikel, Felix 1844 births 1921 deaths People from Turku People from the Grand Duchy of Finland 20th-century Finnish businesspeople 19th-century Finnish businesspeople 20th-century Finnish politicians 19th-century Finnish politicians Swedish-speaking Finns Members of the Riksdag of the Estates