Mannerheim wrote the satirical play Ditt och datt when he was a student at Helsinki, in 1858, which caused a political scandal ending in his dismissal from the university and the university rector's resignation.
Mannerheim owned
Louhisaari Manor in
Askainen,
Turku and Pori Province, inherited from his father. He married Hedvig Charlotta Hélène von Julin (d. 1881, daughter of wealthy industrialist Johan Jacob von Julin), with whom he had seven children.[1][2]
He was a founding member of the
Kuusankoski paper mill, acting as the company's director from 1872 to 1878.
He was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1879, and in 1880 the Louhisaari estate was transferred to his sister Mimmi (Eva Carolina).
Mannerheim thereupon eloped to Paris with his mistress, baroness Sofia Nordenstam (d. 1914), where he had a bohemian lifestyle. Meanwhile, his seven children were in the custody of family members after the death of his wife in 1881. Mannerheim married Sofia Nordenstam in 1883, and the couple returned to Finland, where Mannerheim founded an office supplies company in Helsinki in 1887. Named Systema Oy Ab in 1909, the company later became Finland's main importer of
typewriters.[1][2]
Mannerheim was also active as a writer and translator, known for his
radical liberal opinions. He became active as a resister of the
Russification of Finland, and he tried to dissuade his son, who served in the Russian Imperial Army, from joining the
Russo-Japanese War.
Gallery
Portrait of young Mannerheim
Portrait from 1871
Young Helene von Julin with her sister Elizabeth
Count Mannerheim with his wife Countess Hélène Mannerheim
With Helene and two of their children
Helene with a child
Their 7 children. Middle:
Sophie Mannerheim; left: Carl, August and Johan; right: Annicka and Carl Gustaf Emil (i.e. Gustaf); sitting: Eva, c. 1880
Carl Robert's second wife Sofia Nordenstam, 1872
Portrait of Carl Robert Mannerheim by
Eero Järnefelt, 1913
Mannerheim wrote the satirical play Ditt och datt when he was a student at Helsinki, in 1858, which caused a political scandal ending in his dismissal from the university and the university rector's resignation.
Mannerheim owned
Louhisaari Manor in
Askainen,
Turku and Pori Province, inherited from his father. He married Hedvig Charlotta Hélène von Julin (d. 1881, daughter of wealthy industrialist Johan Jacob von Julin), with whom he had seven children.[1][2]
He was a founding member of the
Kuusankoski paper mill, acting as the company's director from 1872 to 1878.
He was forced to declare bankruptcy in 1879, and in 1880 the Louhisaari estate was transferred to his sister Mimmi (Eva Carolina).
Mannerheim thereupon eloped to Paris with his mistress, baroness Sofia Nordenstam (d. 1914), where he had a bohemian lifestyle. Meanwhile, his seven children were in the custody of family members after the death of his wife in 1881. Mannerheim married Sofia Nordenstam in 1883, and the couple returned to Finland, where Mannerheim founded an office supplies company in Helsinki in 1887. Named Systema Oy Ab in 1909, the company later became Finland's main importer of
typewriters.[1][2]
Mannerheim was also active as a writer and translator, known for his
radical liberal opinions. He became active as a resister of the
Russification of Finland, and he tried to dissuade his son, who served in the Russian Imperial Army, from joining the
Russo-Japanese War.
Gallery
Portrait of young Mannerheim
Portrait from 1871
Young Helene von Julin with her sister Elizabeth
Count Mannerheim with his wife Countess Hélène Mannerheim
With Helene and two of their children
Helene with a child
Their 7 children. Middle:
Sophie Mannerheim; left: Carl, August and Johan; right: Annicka and Carl Gustaf Emil (i.e. Gustaf); sitting: Eva, c. 1880
Carl Robert's second wife Sofia Nordenstam, 1872
Portrait of Carl Robert Mannerheim by
Eero Järnefelt, 1913