Harry Schauman

He traveled to Scandinavian countries, Switzerland, France, and Italy for study tours.

He was also the vice president of The Royal Life Saving Society in London and an honorary member of the Finnish Swedish Sports Federation, Vaasa Swimming Club, and Helsinki Swimming Club.

[2][1] Schauman founded Vasa IFK (1900), Vaasa Swimming Club (1902), and the Swedish-Österbotnian Society, to which he bequeathed most of his fortune.

[1] In 1937, the Harry Schauman Foundation was established to promote science, education, and Swedish-language culture in Swedish-speaking Ostrobothnia.

In the late 1980s, the foundation invested in newspapers, and in 1998 it founded the HSS Media Ab group, which includes Vasabladet, Österbottens Tidning, and Syd-Österbotten, and formerly also the Finnish-language Pietarsaaren Sanomat.