House of Nobility (Finland)

The estate of nobility existed fully starting from the 1809 Diet of Porvoo when the Grand Duchy of Finland was formally created. The Finnish nobility was formally organized in 1818. == The Ritarihuone / Riddarhuset building ==

The Finnish House of Nobility as corporation owns, since 1857, the assembly building completed in 1862. The building, called Ritarihuone in Finnish and Riddarhuset in Swedish, (House of Knights) is of Neogothic style by G.T. Chiewitz. The building is located in Kruununhaka, downtown Helsinki. The block and its land is owned collectively by the Finnish nobility. There are the offices of the House, for example its General Secretary, the Chancellery, and the Genealogist as well as a library, archives and heraldic collections. == Lord Marshals ==

Traditionally, the Lord Marshal was the chairman of sessions of the noble class (House of Nobility) as well as the overall speaker of the Diet. The persons who held the office of Lord Marshal in various diet sessions, are listed below: • 1809 count Robert Wilhelm De Geer • 1863–1864 Lieutenant General Johan Mauritz Nordenstam • 1867 Johan Mauritz Nordenstam • 1872 Johan Mauritz Nordenstam • 1877–1878 Johan von Born • 1882 baron Samuel Verner von Troil • 1885 baron Samuel Verner von Troil • 1888 Gabriel von Haartman • 1891 Gabriel von Haartman • 1894 Lars von Hellens • 1897 baron Samuel Verner von Troil • 1899 (extraordinary diet) baron Samuel Verner von Troil • 1900 Counselor of State professor Lorentz Lindelöf • 1904–1905 Constantin Linder (1904), Ossian Wuorenheimo (1905) • 1905–1906 (extraordinary diet) Viktor Magnus von Born ==See also==