Schauman

Schauman is a Swedo-Finnish noble family introduced in both the Swedish House of Nobility and the Finnish House of Nobility. Originally known as a family of high-ranking soldiers, since the 1800s its representatives have become known in numerous other fields. The family is from the Baltic Countries and moved to Finland at the end of the 1600s. It is considered to be from the nobility of Kuurinmaa. However, according to an alternative theory the roots of the family could be in Kurpfalzissa, Germany, in which in 1596 a family with the same name was ennobled.

The Finnish ancestor of the family is lieutenant colonel Henrik Johan Schauman (1649-1730) of the Turku County Cavalry Regiment, who came from the Ogre region in Livonia and moved to Sweden in 1662. He was naturalized in the Swedish Nobility in 1686 and his family was introduced to the Swedish Knights Room in 1697 as a nobleman, number 1287.

Today's living branches are all offspring of his grandson, noble-muse Berndt Otto Schauman (1738-1805). In connection with the organization of the Finnish House of Nobility, Schaumanians were marked there in 1818 as a noble family, number 96. Descendants of the family moved to Argentina in the late 19th century and in the 1920s to France, the family still lives in both countries. Alternative noble families have subsequently re-elected the right to represent the Swedish Knights Room. Schaumanians are also living today in Paraguay and the United States.

As of the beginning of the 21st century, the Schaumanians were the noblest member of Finland.

Members of the family

Eugen Schauman
  • August Schauman (1826-1876), publicist, founder of Hufvudstadsbladet Newspaper.
  • Eugen Schauman (1875-1904), activist, assassin of Governor-General of Finland Nikolai Bobrikov.
  • Frans Ludvig Schauman, professor, bishop.
  • Georg Schauman (1870-1930), politician, member of parliament.
  • Göran Schauman (b. 1940), olympic sailor.
  • Harry Schauman (1879-1932), industrialist, founder of Harry Schauman Foundation.
  • Ossian Schauman (1862-1922), Professor of Internal Medicine, founder of the non-governmental healthcare organization Folkhälsan.
  • Runar Schauman, (1908-1977), actor, theater director.
  • Sigrid Schauman (1877-1979), artist, art critic.
  • Viktor Schauman (1822-1872), businessman.
  • Waldemar Schauman, (1844–1911), lieutenant general, privy counsillor, senator, governor.
  • Wilhelm Schauman (1857–1911), industrialist, businessman.
  • Oscar Teodor Schauman (1849–1931), major general, commander of Finnish Dragoon Regiment.
  • Viktor Rafael Schauman (1860–1946), major general, 1st commander of the Finnish Military Academy.
  • Torbjorn Schauman (1918-2007), businessman.


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