Carl Enckell

Carl Johan Alexis Enckell
Born(1876-06-07)7 June 1876
Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire
Died26 March 1959(1959-03-26) (aged 82)
Helsinki, Finland
Alma materDresden University of Technology
Board member ofsee → board memberships
Children

  • Maria Felicitas Erna Julia Pauline Helena (Maritta), married Schalin (1911–2002)
  • Carl Fredrik Ralph Alexander (1913–2001)
  • Estelle Tatjana Lucy Sigrid Helena (b. 1914)
  • Bernard Carl Johan Armas Berndt Gérard (b. 1920)
Awardssee → awards
Military career
AllegianceRussian Empire
Service / branchInfantry
Years of service1896–99
Rankensign
UnitIzmaylovsky Regiment[1]
Manager of Kone- ja Siltarakennus
In office
1911–1917
Preceded byKarl Söderman
Succeeded byJulius Stjernvall[1]
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Ingman I Cabinet (27 Nov 1918 – 17 April 1919)
K. Castrén Cabinet (17 Apr 1919 – 28 April 1919)
Cajander I Cabinet (2 June 1922 – 14 November 1922)
Cajander II Cabinet (18 Jan 1924 – 31 May 1924)
Hackzell Cabinet (8 Aug 1944 – 21 September 1944)
U. Castrén Cabinet (21 Sep 1944 – 17 November 1944)
Paasikivi II Cabinet (17 Nov 1944 – 17 April 1945)
Paasikivi III Cabinet (17 Apr 1945 – 26 March 1946)
Pekkala Cabinet (26 Mar 1946 – 29 July 1948)
Fagerholm I Cabinet (29 July 1948 – 17 March 1950)

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Carl Johan Alexis Enckell (7 June 1876 – 26 March 1959) was a Finnish politician, diplomat, officer and businessman.

Enckell followed his father's footsteps in the Russian military and rose to the Imperial Russian Guard. As he was not satisfied with the salary and his stagnated military career, he studied mechanical engineering in Germany. After graduation in 1903, he worked in the Kuusankoski paper mill and the Helsinki-based engineering companies Hietalahti Shipyard and Engineering Works and Kone- ja Siltarakennus. During the 1910s Enckell was also active in a number of employers' organisations.

In 1917, shortly before the October Revolution, Enckell was appointed Finnish Minister–Secretary of State to Saint Petersburg. Following the Finnish Declaration of Independence, Enckell worked hard to get international recognition for the declaration. During the following years, Enckell served as Finnish envoy to Paris, and later to the League of Nations, in which he successfully pursued the Finnish interests in the Åland crisis. He also served as foreign minister in four short-lived cabinets during the early politically turbulent years of the young republic.

Enckell moved back to work in the financial sector in the 1920s but made a return to politics as Foreign Minister in 1944. He led Finland out from Second World War and contributed to establishing friendly relations with the Soviet Union and the new Finnish foreign policy, the Paasikivi–Kekkonen doctrine.

Enckell was married to German-born Lucy Ponsonby-Lyons. They had four children, of whom Ralph Enckell became a notable diplomat.

  1. ^ a b af Forselles, Cecilia (4 May 2001). "Enckell, Carl (1876–1959)". Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish). Translated by Marjomaa, Ulpu. Helsinki: Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Retrieved 15 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Ministerin tiedot – Enckell, Carl Johan Alexis" (in Finnish). Helsinki: Valtioneuvosto (Finnish Government). Retrieved 15 November 2016.