Donner family
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The Donner family is one of the renowned and wealthy Finland-Swedish
families that grew in importance during the times of the Grand Duchy of Finland
. Family members have been influential in Finnish
politics and culture.
Finland-Swedish
Finland Swedish is a general term for the closely related cluster of dialects of Swedish spoken in Finland by Swedish-speaking Finns as their mother tongue...
families that grew in importance during the times of the Grand Duchy of Finland
Grand Duchy of Finland
The Grand Duchy of Finland was the predecessor state of modern Finland. It existed 1809–1917 as part of the Russian Empire and was ruled by the Russian czar as Grand Prince.- History :...
. Family members have been influential in Finnish
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...
politics and culture.
- Otto DonnerOtto DonnerOtto Donner was a Finnish linguist and politician. He was professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Indo-European linguistics at the University of Helsinki, but also studied the Finno-Ugric languages. He was a member of the Finnish parliament 1877–1905, and minister of education 1905–1908...
(1835–1909), linguist, publisher and politician - Anders Severin Donner (1854—1938), astronomer.
- Ossian DonnerOssian DonnerOssian Donner was a Finnish industrialist, engineer, senator and diplomat. He was the son of professor Otto Donner and grandson of shipowner Anders Donner from Kokkola....
(1866-1957), industrialist and diplomat - Patrick DonnerPatrick DonnerSir Patrick William Donner was a British Member of Parliament and a member of the influential Finland-Swedish Donner family....
(4 December 1904 – 19 August 1988), British Member of Parliament, son of Ossian. - Kai DonnerKai DonnerKai Reinhold Donner was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924...
(1888–1935), linguist and politician. - Joakim Donner (1926–), geologist and paleontologist. Son of Kai DonnerKai DonnerKai Reinhold Donner was a Finnish linguist, ethnographer and politician. He carried out expeditions to the Nenets people in Siberia 1911–1914 and was docent of Uralic languages at the University of Helsinki from 1924...
. - Jörn DonnerJörn DonnerJörn Johan Donner is a Finnish writer, film director, actor, producer, politician, member of the Donner family and founder of Finnish Film Archive. He has been associated with several different political parties, and has at different times been a member both of the Finnish parliament and the...
(1933–), writer, film director, actor, producer and politician. Brother of Joakim Donner. - Henrik Otto Donner (1939–), musician, co-founder of Love RecordsLove RecordsLove Records was a record label from Finland, which released 384 LPs, 253 C-cassettes, 347 singles and 24 EPs. They were a pioneering label in Finnish rock music but also released jazz, political songs, ethnic music and so on....