The title originated in Sweden in 1713, a time when mining played a major role in the economy, and of which Finland was a part.
[1] It referred to a position on the board below the vice president and above mining assessor (vuoriasessori [Finnish], bergsassessor [Swedish]).
[6] The first recipient of the vuorineuvos title in the modern Republic of Finland was Baron Fridolf Leopold Hisinger [fi], on 17 July 1918.
[8] The persons proposing that the honorary vuorineuvos title be conferred on someone are required to pay to the Finnish government a stamp duty.
[7] Antti Ahlström, the founder of Ahlstrom; Jorma Ollila, the former CEO of Nokia; and Pekka Herlin of KONE have refused the title out of personal preference.