ESSHC 2008

• Social mobility in Finnish Who’s Who data during 1909-2005
  This paper tries to explain long term social mobility in Finland by looking at influential individuals and families. The data used comes from the 1909-2005 editions of ”Who’s Who in Finland”. A matching algorithm has been programmed to trace out family linkages in the data. Men and women are linked with their offspring in different generations, provided they are also included in the register. The formation and persistence of these family linkages will be explained by a host of individual and society level characteristics. This study is unique for several reasons. First, the set of data used is quite large. It covers more than 20,000 individuals, which makes the statistical inference very robust. Moreover, the data includes a continuing sample of representatives not only from the business elite and nobility but also from politics and the arts. Finland experienced a number of radical changes during the data period, including the attainment of independence, civil war, world war, industrialisation and membership in the EU. It will be interesting to find out how these exogenous effects have altered the structure and perseverance of members of the registry. How much of the movement can be explained by personal characteristics and how much by other variables?

FM Alex Snellman:

• Defining New Elite: Ennoblements in the Grand Duchy of Finland 1809–1912
  Sweden was forced to cede the Finnish territory to Russia in the war of 1808–1809. Finland was not incorporated into the Russian heartland. It formed a separate Grand Duchy. The grand ducal nobility was never absorbed into the Russian nobility. The bulk of the Finnish nobility was formed by nearly 200 noble families that decided to remain in Finland even after the Russian conquest. This old nobility was not a clearly defined elite group: there were wealthy gentleman farmers, high-ranking officers and leading civil servants but also small farmers, petty officers and minor functionaries. The Russian emperors demarcated new imperial elite by ennoblements. They conferred altogether 10 comital and 38 baronial titles and 115 untitled ennoblements. The presentation will show what kind of persons were ennobled and how the ennobled were connected to the system of state offices, imperial awards and status hierarchies. How did the imperial government define this officially recognized elite and – who were excluded? What do the social characteristics of the ennobled tell about the society and its change?
  

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ESSHC 2008

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