Emanuel af Geijerstam

Emanuel af Geijerstam
Emanuel af Geijerstam
BornEmanuel Geijer
10 October 1730
Uddeholm, Sweden
Died24 September 1788
Filipstad, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
Noble familyaf Geijerstam
Spouse(s)
Sara Helena Piscator
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(m. 1753)​
FatherBengt Geijer
MotherLovisa Sophia Tranæa
OccupationIronmaster
Politician

Emanuel af Geijerstam (Swedish pronunciation: [ɑːv ˈjɛ̂jːɛˌʂʈam] ⓘ; 10 October 1730 – 24 September 1788) was a Swedish ironmaster and politician.

Early life and work

Born in Uddeholm in Värmland, Sweden on October 10, 1730, to Bengt Gustaf Geijer and Lovisa Sophia Tranæa, Geijer married Sara Helena Piscator in 1753 and had children. He was admitted as a student at Uppsala University in 1749.[1]

Geijerstam served as a director at the Uddeholm Works, a privately held company, from 1753 to 1767, which later developed into the multinational steel producer Uddeholms AB. In 1770, he obtained the Bofors Works from his brother Johan Eberhard Geijer.[2]

Geijerstam lived in Alkvettern Manor located in Bjurtjärn socken. He received the Royal Order of Vasa and was ennobled in 1773 at Loka Brunn by Gustav III,[1] thus the progenitor of the noble family af Geijerstam.[3]

References

Citations

  1. ^ a b "Emanuel Geijerstam, af - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon". sok.riksarkivet.se (in Swedish). Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  2. ^ Steckzén 1946, p. 28.
  3. ^ "af Geijerstam". www.ne.se. Retrieved 30 June 2023.

Works cited

  • Steckzén, Birger (1946). Bofors historia 1646–1946 [History of Bofors 1646–1946] (in Swedish). Stockholm.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)


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