August Alexander Levón

August Alexander Levón was a Finnish businessman. He started Finland's first steam-powered mill which first focused on milling rye for bread producers, in 1849. This mill was the beginning of Vaasan & Vaasan, the biggest bakery business in Finland and the Baltic region, one of the largest crisp bread producers in the world and a significant Nordic producer of bake-off products.

Occupation

businessperson, industrialist

Citizenship

Grand Duchy of Finland

Born

November 14, 1820

Died

August 30, 1875