Carpelan

Members of the family were awarded with the title of Baron on 15 October 1771 by Adolf Frederick of Sweden.

Squire Paval Karppalainen from Vehmaa, Varsinais-Suomi was ennobled in 1407 by king Eric XIII of Sweden.

After the extinction of his male line, his granddaughter's son continued the family name and took up his mothers arms.

Vilhelm Karpelan, lieutenant general and commander of the Västerbotten Regiment, was created friherre Carpelan, together with his fraternal nephew Karl Ephraim Karpelan, lieutenant colonel, by king Adolf Frederick of Sweden on 15 October 1771.

Accordingly, when the Finnish House of Nobility was established, the baronial family of Carpelan was registered there under number 19 among the baronial class (vapaaherrallinen suku numero 19, friherrliga ätten nummer 19).