Viktor Schauman (c. 1822 – 3 February 1872) was a

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, notable business person, and politician from

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; , ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Jakobstad is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Jakobstad is approximately , while the Jako ...

, as well as a member of the noble Schauman family. He was married to Elise Wilhelmina Schauman, and they had 13 children, many of whom achieved great success, including industrialist Wilhelm Schauman,

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founder

Ossian Schauman Julius Ossian Schauman (30 March 1862 – 6 February 1922) was one of the founders of the Swedish-speaking non-governmental organization ''Folkhälsan'', which provides social welfare and health care services in Finland. He was also the younger b ...

, and businessman Axel Schauman. Schauman’s parents were Berndt Schauman (1786–1862), the town bailiff of Naantali and Uusikaupunki, and Anna Lovisa Wilhelms (1795–1866). He started working at a pharmacy in 1834, became a qualified pharmacist in 1843, and completed his apothecary examination in 1845. From 1845 onward, he worked as an apothecary in Jakobstad. In 1845, Schauman, together with Jakobstad merchant and shipowner Philip Ulric Strengberg, acquired the tobacco factory established in Jakobstad in 1762 (Jakobstads Tobaksspinneri). The factory was renamed Ph. U. Strengberg & Co Tobaks-Fabrik, and Schauman and Strengberg expanded and mechanized its production. Schauman also had an interest in gardening, and in his and his wife’s memory, a botanical garden known as Skolparken was established in Jakobstad.

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*''Österbotten'' No. 4 (page 8
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