Johan (''John'') Jacob Julin, (since 1849 von Julin; 5 August 1787 – 11 March 1853) was a Swedo-Finnish pharmacist, factory owner and ''

vuorineuvos (, 'mining councilor', literally Finnish for 'mountain councilor'; Swedish: ) is both a Finnish honorary title and a historical Swedish role on the Swedish Board of Mines. The Finnish title is granted by the President of Finland to leading f ...

''. His son was

Albert von Julin Johan Albert Edvard von Julin (December 22, 1846 – June 7, 1906) was a Finnish businessman and ''vuorineuvos'', who served as the CEO of Fiskars Ab from 1875, rescuing the company from financial difficulties. He was the uncle of Gustaf Mannerh ...

, a businessman and also a ''vuorineuvos''. Through his daughter Hélène, he was also the maternal grandfather of

Gustaf Mannerheim Baron Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (, 4 June 1867 – 27 January 1951) was a Finnish military commander, aristocrat, and statesman. He served as the military leader of the White Guard (Finland), Whites in the Finnish Civil War (1918), as List of ...

, the

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. John, like his father Johan Julin (1752–1820) and younger brother Erik Julin (1796–1874), became a pharmacist. He practiced in his father's

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and went to Sweden in 1806 to study chemistry and practice in pharmacies. John Julin graduated as a pharmacist in 1808 and as a pharmacist in 1810. After graduating, John Julin returned to Finland and bought the pharmacy of the Imperial Academy of Turku (Åbo) in 1811. In 1822 Julin bought

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 ...

Ironworks and founded a

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there in 1827. In 1832 he founded Finland's first fine forge and in 1837 Finland's first mechanical machine shop, which the following year manufactured the first Finnish ship's

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. Julin was also an active player in other fields; in 1819 he founded the first

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company in Finland. Finland's first

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was founded in

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in 1823 on Julin's initiative, as was Finland's first lancaster school in 1822. In 1835, Julin was awarded the title of ''vuorineuvos''. In 1849 he was ennobled as von Julin.

Sources

Arno Forsius: John (Johan) Jacob von Julin (1787–1853) – apteekkari ja teollisuusmies
(in Finnish)

(in Finnish) * ttp://koti.welho.com/mgardber/gardberg/f153.html Familjen Martin Gardberg. Sukutauluja yksityishenkilön kotisivulla (in Finnish) * Weilin + Göös: Suomen historia, osa 5 (1986), p. 68–69 (in Finnish) * Mitä-Missä-Milloin, 1952, Suomen teollisuuden uranuurtajia, Otava, Helsinki, 1951, p. 226. (in Finnish)
Fiskarsvillage.fi
Fiskarsin ruukin historiaa (in Finnish) * Per Schybergson: Vuorineuvos John von Julin (1787–1853) Suomen talouselämän vaikuttajat -verkkojulkaisu 5 September 2009. Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura
(Internet archive)
(in Finnish)

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19th-century Finnish businesspeople Finnish pharmacists Fiskars 1787 births 1853 deaths Swedish-speaking Finns 19th-century industrialists {{Finland-bio-stub