Nordmann was a son of an officer of the Russian army at the Ruotsinsalmi fortress, SE Finland, and started academic studies at the Imperial Academy of Turku, and at that time also acted as a curator of the entomological collections.
Nordmann was a son of an officer of the Russian army at the Ruotsinsalmi fortress, SE Finland. Nordmann started academic studies at the Imperial Academy of Turku. Nordmann also acted as a curator of the entomological collections.