Karl Otto Fazer (, 16 August 1866 – 9 October 1932) was a Finnish chocolatier and sport shooter.[1][2] He is the founder of Fazer, one of the largest food industry companies in the Nordic countries.
Biography
He was born in Helsinki. His father, Eduard Peter Fazer (originally Fatzer), was a Swiss-born furrier. Fazer had seven siblings, among them the pianist Edvard Fazer. He married Berta Blomqvist (1876−1959) in1894 and they had four children. He was the grandfather of Peter Fazer.[2]
Fazer studied baking in Berlin, Paris, and Saint Petersburg before becoming a pioneer of Finnish confectionery. Together with his wife Berta he opened a French-Russian confectionery at Glogatan (Kluuvikatu) 3 in Helsinki on 17 September 1891. Later, he opened a chocolate and candy factory in Punavuori.