Carl Enckell

Carl Johan Alexis Enckell (born June 7, 1876 in Saint Petersburg , † March 26, 1959 in Helsinki ) was a Finnish politician , officer and diplomat . He was the first representative of independent Finland in Saint Petersburg.

He was trained as an officer at the Hamina Cadet School and then served in the Imperial Russian Army . In 1917 Enckell negotiated in St. Petersburg as Finnish Foreign Minister and representative of the Finnish Senate on the independence of his country.

He was the representative of Finland in the newly founded League of Nations . During the Åland crisis , in the conflict with Sweden, he managed to keep the islands in Finland.

He was Finland's Foreign Minister from 1918 to 1919, 1922, 1924 and from 1944 to 1950. From 1919 to 1927 he was Finland's Ambassador to Paris . He then worked as a banker, before returning to the diplomatic service in 1944.

In 1903 he married Lucy Marie Frieda Agathe Margareta Ponsonby-Lyons (* February 16, 1875 - May 2, 1945), a granddaughter of the Prussian general Georg Alexander von Hippel . The couple had four children, including the diplomat Ralph Enckell (1911-2001).

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SURNAME	Enckell, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Enckell, Carl Johan Alexis (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Finnish politician, officer and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH	June 7, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH	March 26, 1959
Place of death	Helsinki