Johan Mauritz Nordenstam

Johan Mauritz Nordenstam, painted by Konstantin Makovsky in 1865. Baron Johan Mauritz Nordenstam (21 September 1802 – 8 June 1882) was a Finnish general who served as Vice Chairman of the Economic Division of the Senate of Finland, an office preceding that of Prime Minister, from 1858 to his death in 1882. He was the longest-serving head of government in Finnish history.

Biography Nordenstam in uniform and with a Lord Marshal's staff of office in 1864.

Nordenstam was born to a Swedish army officer and a Finnish noblewoman in Stockholm; Study of him is made more difficult by the fact that he destroyed a large part of his personal archive before his death.