Tengström

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Tengström is a Finnish family of priests. The first Tengström moved from Sweden to Finland after the Greater Wrath.^[1]

[edit] Notable members

• Jakob Tengström (1755–1832), first archbishop of Finland
  • Carl Fredrik Tengström, accountant of the Senate of Finland, nephew of Jakob Tengström
    • Fredrika Charlotta Runeberg (Tengström, 1807 – 1879), author, wife of Johan Ludvig Runeberg
  • Johan Jakob Tengström (1787–1858), scientist and author, nephew of Jakob Tengström
    • Johan Robert Tengström (1823–46), philosopher, son of J. J.

• Erik Tengström (1913–1996), Swedish astronomer and geodesist
• G. Tengström, member of the January Commision in 1861
• Oscar Tengström, actor, founder of the Lilla Teatern

[edit] References

1. ^ Kokkolan poika Jakob Tengström - Suomen ensimmäinen arkkipiispa