Carl Fabian Langenskiöld | |
Birth Date: | 17 November 1810 |
Birth Place: | Sääksmäki, Finland |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Nationality: | Finnish |
Occupation: | Senator |
Years Active: | 1857 – 1863 |
Known For: | Father of the finnish markka |
Carl Fabian Langenskiöld, also known as Carl Fabian Theodor Langenskiöld (17 November 1810 – 29 June 1863), was a Finnish politician and a member of the Senate of Finland from 1857 to 1863.
Langenskiöld is called the father of the finnish mark, which was the currency of Finland from 1860 to 2002.[1]
Langenskiöld was born in Sääksmäki, a village and former municipality in Finland on 17 November 1810. He then went to Odert Henrik Gripenberg's internship school and got a private certificate there at Turku in 1825.[2]