Office: | Minister of Justice |
Term Start: | 1924 |
Term End: | 1925 |
Term Start1: | 1922 |
Term End1: | 1922 |
Office2: | Minister of Interior |
Term Start2: | 1920 |
Term End2: | 1921 |
Primeminister2: | Rafael Erich |
Birth Name: | Albert Alexander von Hellens |
Birth Date: | 22 November 1879 |
Birth Place: | Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland |
Death Place: | Turku, Finland |
Spouse: | Maja Oihonna of Ursin |
Occupation: | Jurist |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Albert von Hellens (1879–1950) was a Finnish lawyer and jurist who served as the Finnish minister of interior and minister of justice in the 1920s. Being a member of the von Hellens noble family he also headed the Court of Appeal of Turku.
Von Hellens was born in Helsinki on 22 November 1879.[1] His parents were Lars Theodor von Hellens and Johanna Maria Augusta of Heurlin.[2] [3]
Following his graduation, von Hellens worked as the secretary of the judicial institution in Turku between 1903 and 1918.[1] In 1917 he was named as the governor of Turku and Björneborg which he held for one year.[1] He was also governor of the Kuopio county in the same period.[1] From 1919 to 1930 he was the governor of Tavastehus county.[1]
In 1917 von Hellens joined the National Progress Party. Between 1920 and 1921 he was the minister of interior.[1] In 1922 he was named as the minister of justice which he also held from 1924 to 1925.[1] In 1930 he was appointed president of the Court of Appeal of Turku and remained in the post until his retirement in 1949.[4]
Von Hellens married Maja Oihonna of Ursin in 1903.[2] He died in Turku on 2 April 1950.[1] [2]
Von Hellens was the recipient of the Order of the Lion of Finland.[5]