page_title: Arvid Adolf Etholén
hierarchical_section_title: Arvid Adolf Etholén
caption_attribution_description: Explorer Arvid Adolf Etholén (1799-1876)
context_page_description: Arvid Adolf Etholén, or Adolf Karlovich Etolin was a naval officer, explorer and administrator in the Russian Empire who was employed by the Russian-American Company from July 1818. He was a Swedish-speaking Finn, born in Helsinki in Swedish Finland. Etholén first reached Novoarkhangelsk in Russian America in the service of the Russian-American Company in 1818, rising to become Chief Manager of the Company between 1840 and 1845.
context_section_description: Arvid Adolf Etholén, or Adolf Karlovich Etolin (Russian: Адольф Карлович Этолин) (9 January 1799, Helsinki – 29 March 1876, Elimäki) was a  naval officer, explorer and  administrator in the Russian Empire who was employed by the Russian-American Company from July 1818. He was a Swedish-speaking Finn, born in Helsinki in  Swedish Finland. Etholén first reached Novoarkhangelsk (present-day Sitka, Alaska) in Russian America in the service of the Russian-American Company in 1818, rising to become Chief Manager of the Company between 1840 and 1845. ("Chief Manager" was a position sometimes referred to, though incorrectly, as "Governor").
caption: Arvid Adolf Etholén by J. E. Lindh, 1839
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