High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Karl Rudolf Walden (December 1, 1878 - October 25, 1946) was a Finnish industrialist and general. He received his military education in Hamina Cadet School 1892-1900. He was dismissed from service in 1902, in connection with a conscription strike. After leaving the army Walden sought a career in business. He moved to Saint Petersburg, the capital of Tsarist Russia, and after few years managed to create a major sales agency for Finnish paper. As a steadfast patriot Walden also became a prominent figure in the large Finnish community of Saint Petersburg. Walden was in the management of paper industry during 1906-1946. He acted as a consolidator of the Finnish paper industry, founded Yhtyneet Paperitehtaat Oy (United Paper Mills Ltd) and was the first president of Finpap, a Finnish paper sales association.