Schauman

The Schauman family is a Swedish Finnish noble family of German origin,^[1][2] introduced in both the Swedish House of Nobility^[3] and the Finnish House of Nobility.^[4] Originally known as a family of high-ranking soldiers, since the 1800s its representatives have become known in numerous other fields.^[5]

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 Courland.^[3] However, according to an alternative theory the roots of the family could be in Kurpfalz, Germany, in which in 1596 a family with the same name was ennobled.^[1]

The Finnish ancestor of the family is lieutenant colonel^[6] Henrik Johan Schauman^[1] (1649–1730) of the Turku County Cavalry Regiment, who came from the Ogre region in Livonia and moved to Sweden in 1662.^[3] He was naturalized in the Swedish nobility in 1686 by Charles XI of Sweden^[3] and his family was introduced to the House of Knights in 1697 as a nobleman, number 1287.^[3]

Today's living branches are all descendants of his grandson, noble-muse Berndt Otto Schauman ^[5] (1738–1805). In connection with the organization of the Finnish House of Nobility, Schaumans were marked there in 1818 as a noble family, number 96.^[3][4] Descendants of the family moved to Argentina in the late 19th century and in the 1920s to France;^[3] the family still lives in both countries. Alternative noble families^{[clarification needed]} have subsequently re-elected the right to represent the House of Knights. Schaumans are also living today in Paraguay and the United States.^[3]

The Schauman noble family is strongly international, as some of its branches have long existed even in South America.^[5]

• August Schauman (1826–1876), publicist, founder of the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.
• Eugen Schauman (1875–1904), activist, assassin of Governor-General of Finland Nikolay Bobrikov.
• Frans Ludvig Schauman, professor, bishop.
• Georg Schauman (1870–1930), politician, member of parliament.
• Göran Schauman (born 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 counsellor, senator, governor.
• Wilhelm Schauman (1857–1911), industrialist, businessman.
• Oscar Teodor Schauman (1849–1931), major general, commander of Finnish Dragoon Regiment.
• Törbjorn Schauman (1918–2007), businessman.
• Viktor Rafael Schauman (1860–1946), major general, 1st commander of the Finnish Military Academy.

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