Aminoff
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Aminoff is a Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n origin noble
Nobility
Nobility is a social class which possesses more acknowledged privileges or eminence than members of most other classes in a society, membership therein typically being hereditary. The privileges associated with nobility may constitute substantial advantages over or relative to non-nobles, or may be...

 family, which family members lives in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 and in Finland
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Aminoff's genealogy branches are represented at Sweden's and Finland's House of Nobility
House of Nobility
House of Nobility can refer to the following historical Nordic noble estate's assemblies:* Swedish House of Nobility* Finnish House of Nobility...

. Aminoffs were introduced to Swedish House of Nobility in 1650 with the number of 446, and to Finnish House of Nobility in 1836 with the number of 36.

Aminoffs are offspring of Russian boyar
Boyar
A boyar, or bolyar , was a member of the highest rank of the feudal Moscovian, Kievan Rus'ian, Bulgarian, Wallachian, and Moldavian aristocracies, second only to the ruling princes , from the 10th century through the 17th century....

 Teuvo Aminev (died 1628) who was knighted in 1618. Aminev was the castle commander in Novgorod, which was conquered by the King of Sweden Gustav II Adolf in 1612. Teuvo Aminev's mother was Princess Helena Ivan's daughter Golitsin, daughter of Great Novgorod's Governor, Prince Ivan Juri's Son Golitsin.

Aminoff's is a traditional military family but in the 1900's and 2000's they have been involved more in business and industry and as public servants. Aminoff noble family is still active, and it has plenty of family members in Sweden and in Finland.

  • Henrik Johan Aminoff (1680–1758), Lieutenant General
  • Carl Mauritz Aminoff (1728–1798), Lieutenant General, Director of the Swedish Royal Army Pension Fund
  • Adolf Aminoff (1733–1800), Major General and Commander of Savo Brigade
  • Johan Fredrik Aminoff (1756–1842), Count, General, Statesman
  • Johan Gabriel Aminoff (1767–1828), Major General
  • Gustaf Aminoff (1771–1836), Major General, Governor
  • Adolf Aminoff (1806–1884), Count, General
  • Berndt Adolf Carl Gregori (1809–1875), Colonel, Statesman
  • Wilhelm Sixten Gregorius Aminoff (1838–1909), Chamberlain of Sweden's Queen Mother Josephine
  • Johan Fredrik Gustaf Aminoff (1844–1899), Lieutenant General, Governor
  • Adolf Petter Johannes Aminoff (1856–1938), Major General
  • Ivar Aminoff (1868–1931), Defence Minister of Finland, Politician
  • Gregor Carl Georg Aminoff (1872–1934), Adjutant of King of Sweden Gustav V
  • Gregor Iwan Alexis Feodor Aminoff (1897–1977), Chamberlain of Duke and Duchess of West Götaland
  • Carl Göran Aminoff (1916–2001), CEO of Insurance Company Varma and Minister for Foreign Trade of Finland
  • Marianne Aminoff
    Marianne Aminoff
    Marianne Aminoff was a Swedish film actress. She was born in Uddevalla, Sweden and died in Stockholm.-Selected filmography:* Face to Face * Autumn Sonata * Fanny and Alexander...

     (1916–1984), a Swedish film actor
  • Sten Gregor Aminoff (1918–), Ambassador of Sweden in New Zealand and Western Samoa
  • Gregori Aminoff Prize
    Gregori Aminoff Prize
    The Gregori Aminoff Prize is an international prize awarded since 1979 by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in the field of crystallography, rewarding "a documented, individual contribution in the field of crystallography, including areas concerned with the dynamics of the formation and...

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