Felix Heikel
Karl Felix Heikel (3 June 1844 – 20 May 1921) was a Finland-Swedish banker and politician. He was the son of priest and educator Henrik Heikel, brother of educators and Finnish Baptist pioneers Viktor and Anna Heikel, father of insurance director , cousin of ethnographer Axel Heikel and philologist Ivar Heikel, and uncle of ethnologist Yngvar Heikel. Life. Heikel was born on 3 June 1844 in Turku, Finland to Henrik and Wilhelmina Johanna Heikel née Schauman. He had ten siblings. Heikel began his studies in 1862 and received his bachelor of philosophy in 1868. He devoted himself to the  educational path and made trips to Scandinavia, Germany and North America to study public schooling ("Volksschule"), publishing his letters in the newspaper "Hufvudstadsbladet". He later married Sigrid Johanna Lovisa Furuhjelm. In 1881 he became director of the commercial institute in Raahe and in 1892 he joined the board of the Nordic Investment Bank in Vyborg (since 1907 in Helsinki). He was an active municipal councillor and also participated in political life, where, as a member of the Riksdag of the Estates from 1882 to 1906, he held an influential position due to his thorough knowledge and moderate attitude. Heikel was  Speaker for the Bourgeoisie Assembly in the 1901 Diet of Finland. He belonged to the Swedish People's Party of Finland. Heikel published a number of pamphlets on political and economic issues, including ('The Banking and Monetary System of Finland') (1888). Heikel died on 20 May 1921 in Helsinki, Finland.