Göran Ehrnrooth (1 April 1905, in

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– 9 January 1996, in Helsinki) was a Finnish banker in Union Bank (, later after several mergers

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). Ehrnrooth worked for the Union Bank since 1933. He launched the financial services company . His successor was

Mika Tiivola Carl Mikael Augustinus ”Mika” Tiivola (30 November 1922 – 13 April 1994) was a Finland, Finnish businessman. He was the former CEO of the former Finnish bank Union Bank of Finland (, or ''SYP''). He was the Chairman of Nokia, Nokia Corporat ...

.Ehrnrooth, Göran (1905–1996)
National Bibliography

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Industry

The family business included the paper and board factory Kaukas and oil business Petko, that was later sold to

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. Investments e.g. in the paper factory Ahlström Oy, Hyvilla and

Tampella Oy Tampella Ab was a Finland, Finnish heavy industry manufacturer, a maker of paper machines, locomotives, military weaponry, as well as wood-based products such as packaging. The company was based mainly in the Naistenlahti, Naistenlahti di ...

Family

Ehrnrooth was married to Louise von Julin, daughter of Elsa Lovisa Standertskjöld and Jacob von Julin (1881–1942), the CEO of Kaukas paper factory. Their children are

Casimir Ehrnrooth Göran Albert Casimir "Casse" Ehrnrooth, titled ''Vuorineuvos'' (April 6, 1931 – July 8, 2015), was a Finnish magnate and former chairman of the Nokia Corporation. His business career began in the forest industry, and later he was a director of ...

(1931–2015), CEO of

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, Göran J. Ehrnrooth (born 1934), CEO of

Fiskars Fiskars Corporation (natively Fiskars Oyj Abp; formerly Fiskars Oy Ab until 1998) is a Finnish consumer goods company founded in 1649 in Fiskars, Finland, Fiskars, a locality in the town of Raseborg, Finland, about 100 kilometres (62 mi) wes ...

, (born 1939), CEO of EFFOA-Suomen Höyrylaiva (

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) and Elsa Margaretha Louise Fromond (born 1942). He belonged to the Ehrnrooth nobel family.

References

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