Felix Heikel Explained

Karl Felix Heikel
Birth Date:3 June 1844
Birth Place:Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland
Occupation:Banker, politician
Mother:Wilhelmina Johanna Schauman
Father:Henrik Heikel
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Karl Felix Heikel (3 June 1844 – 20 May 1921) was a Finland-Swedish banker and politician. He was the son of priest and educator Henrik Heikel, brother of educators and Finnish Baptist pioneers Viktor and Anna Heikel, father of insurance director, cousin of ethnographer Axel Heikel and philologist Ivar Heikel, and uncle of ethnologist Yngvar Heikel.[1] [2]

Life

Heikel was born on 3 June 1844 in Turku, Finland to Henrik and Wilhelmina Johanna Heikel née Schauman. He had ten siblings. Heikel began his studies in 1862 and received his bachelor of philosophy in 1868. He devoted himself to the educational path and made trips to Scandinavia, Germany and North America to study public schooling (Volksschule), publishing his letters in the newspaper Hufvudstadsbladet.[3] [4] He later married Sigrid Johanna Lovisa Furuhjelm.[5] In 1881 he became director of the commercial institute in Raahe and in 1892 he joined the board of the Nordic Investment Bank in Vyborg (since 1907 in Helsinki).[6]

He was an active municipal councillor and also participated in political life, where, as a member of the Riksdag of the Estates from 1882 to 1906, he held an influential position due to his thorough knowledge and moderate attitude. Heikel was Speaker for the Bourgeoisie Assembly in the 1901 Diet of Finland.[7] He belonged to the Swedish People's Party of Finland.

Heikel published a number of pamphlets on political and economic issues, including ('The Banking and Monetary System of Finland') (1888).

Heikel died on 20 May 1921 in Helsinki, Finland.

Works

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sjöblom. Kenth. HEIKEL, Viktor. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210711205916/https://www.blf.fi/artikel.php?id=5372. 2021-07-11. 2021-07-04. Biografiskt lexikon för Finland. sv.
  2. Book: Vem och vad? Biografisk handbok. Schildts. 1967. 224. sv. Hult, Estrid. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190517210516/http://runeberg.org/vemochvad/1967/0224.html. 2019-05-17.
  3. Book: Nordisk familjebok; konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi, innehållande upplysningar och förklaringar om märkvärdiga namn, föremål och begrepp.. 1909. Nordisk familjeboks förlag. Westrin. Theodor. 2nd. 255–256. sv. Heikel, Karl Felix. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123153807/http://runeberg.org/nfbk/0144.html. 2022-01-23.
  4. Schoolfield. George C.. 1975. Review of Från Förenta Staterna: Nitton bref jemte bihang "Felix Heinkel—en finlandssvensk liberal."; Ett halvår i Nya Världen: Strödda resebilder från Förenta Staterna. Redigerad av Olav Panelius. (Äldre finlandssvensk litteratur, 5). Scandinavian Studies. 47. 3. 400–404. 40917542 . 0036-5637.
  5. Web site: Heikel, Karl Felix (1844–1921). https://web.archive.org/web/20220123155330/https://akatemiasampo.fi/en/people/page/p18132/table. 2022-01-23. 2022-01-23. akatemiasampo.fi.
  6. Web site: Ylioppilasmatrikkeli 1853-1899. https://web.archive.org/web/20220123153811/https://ylioppilasmatrikkeli.helsinki.fi/1853-1899/henkilo.php?id=18132. 2022-01-23. 2022-01-23. ylioppilasmatrikkeli.helsinki.fi. fi.
  7. Book: Sigurd, Nordenstreng. Porvarissäädyn historia Suomen valtiopäivillä 1809-1906. 1921. Otava. fi. 58234357.

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