Saippuaprinsessa

Saippuaprinsessa (Finnish: The Soap Princess) is a 2004 historical novel by Finnish author Kaari Utrio focusing on the frivolities of the high society in Helsinki, the capital of Grand Duchy of Finland in the 1830s.

Characters

 * Ulrika Rutenfelt, a rich heiress
 * Mauritz Ekestolpe, a baron
 * Detlev Henning, a millionaire from Livonia
 * Eva Madgalena Ekestolpe, a dowager baroness, Mauritz's mother
 * Viktoria von Sperling, a beauty, Mauritz's fiancée
 * Herman von Sperling, Viktoria's brother
 * Amanda Ekestolpe, Mauritz's sister
 * Fredrik Ekestolpe, Mauritz's brother
 * Kristian Bruun, Fredrik's tutor
 * Axel Rutenfelt, His Excellency
 * Olivia Rutenfelt, Her Ladyship
 * Lemarchand, Her Ladyship's ladies' maid
 * Natalie Fedorovna Bogatyrski-Gee, a Russian princess
 * Sergei Zagoretski, an officer, Herman's friend
 * Mr Grubbe, the solicitor of the Rutenfelts
 * Frans Hukani, a friend of the Ekestolpe family
 * Rosa Hukani, a divine cook
 * Oskar Bong, the land agent of Ekestolpe family estate
 * Katri Bong, a healer
 * Anders Hipping, a rector
 * Mr Lindgren, a cantor
 * Strömmer, the driver of the Ekestolpe family
 * Dahlgren, the butler of the Ekestolpe family
 * Mrs Dahlgren, the housekeeper of the Ekestolpe family
 * Tebell, the butler of the Rutenfelts
 * Maja, a housemaid in the Rutenfelt Manor
 * Old Mother Böök, Ulrika's chaperon
 * Hjelt, the driver of the Rutenfelts
 * Pelander, the driver of the von Sperlings
 * General Governor Thesleff, the regent of the Grand Duchy of Finland
 * Parfeni Maximovits Martynov, a Russian merchant
 * Mrs Jägerskiöld, a Court Counsellor's wife
 * Mrs von Löwen, a College Counsellor's wife
 * Mrs Hampus, a Trade Counsellor's wife
 * Lady Mellin, a baroness
 * Mrs Hagemeister, a State Counsellor's wife