Hjalmar Procopé

Who was Hjalmar Procopé?

Hjalmar Johan Fredrik Procopé was a Finnish politician and a diplomat from the Swedish People's Party. Procopé was a minister in several cabinets in the 1920s and 1930s.

Hjalmar Procopé was born on August 8, 1889 to Major General Carl Albert Fredrik Procopé and Elin Hedvig Vendla von Törne. After receiving his baccalaureate in 1907, Procopé studied law at Helsinki University. He graduated in 1914 and received the title of varatuomari in 1916. Between 1915 and 1922 Procopé worked as attorney in Helsinki. He worked in the Finnish embassy in Berlin from spring 1918 to his resignation in the end of the same year. Procopé was a Member of the Finnish Parliament from 1919 to 1922 and 1924 to 1926. His political party was the Swedish People’s Party.

Hjalmar Procopé served as minister on several occasions:

⁕Minister of Trade and Industry 1920-1921 in Erich’s Cabinet

⁕Minister of Trade and Industry 1924 in Cajander’s second Cabinet

⁕Minister of Foreign Affairs 1924-1925 in Ingman’s second Cabinet

⁕Minister of Foreign Affairs 1927-1931 in Cabinets Sunila I, Mantere, Kallio III and Svinhufvud II