Saippuaprinsessa

Saippuaprinsessa (Finnish: The Soap Princess) is a historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio focusing on the frivolities of the high society in Helsinki, the capital of Grand Duchy of Finland in the 1840s.

Characters

• Ulrika Rutenfelt, a rich heiress
• Mauritz Ekestolpe, a baron
• Detlev Henning, a millionaire from Livonia
• Eva Madgalena Ekestolpe, a dowager baroness, Mauritz's mother
• Viktoria von Sperling, a beauty, Mauritz's fiancée
• Herman von Sperling, Viktoria's brother
• Amanda Ekestolpe, Mauritz's sister
• Fredrik Ekestolpe, Mauritz's brother
• Kristian Bruun, Fredrik's tutor
• Axel Rutenfelt, His Excellency
• Olivia Rutenfelt, Her Ladyship
• Lemarchand, Her Ladyship's ladies' maid
• Natalie Fedorovna Bogatyrski-Gee, a Russian princess
• Sergei Zagoretski, an officer, Herman's friend
• Mr Grubbe, the solicitor of the Rutenfelts
• Frans Hukani, a friend of the Ekestolpe family
• Rosa Hukani, a divine cook
• Oskar Bong, the land agent of Ekestolpe family estate
• Katri Bong, a healer
• Anders Hipping, a rector
• Mr Lindgren, a cantor
• Strömmer, the driver of the Ekestolpe family
• Dahlgren, the butler of the Ekestolpe family
• Mrs Dahlgren, the housekeeper of the Ekestolpe family
• Tebell, the butler of the Rutenfelts
• Maja, a housemaid in the Rutenfelt Manor
• Old Mother Böök, Ulrika's chaperon
• Hjelt, the driver of the Rutenfelts
• Pelander, the driver of the von Sperlings
• General Governor Thesleff, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Finland
• Parfeni Maximovits Martynov, a Russian merchant
• Mrs Jägerskiöld, a Court Counsellor's wife
• Mrs von Löwen, a College Counsellor's wife
• Mrs Hampus, a Trade Counsellor's wife
• Lady Mellin, a baroness
• Mrs Hagemeister, a State Counsellor's wife