Emanuel af Geijerstam explained

Emanuel af Geijerstam
Birth Name:Emanuel Geijer
Birth Date:10 October 1730
Birth Place:Uddeholm, Sweden
Death Date:24 September 1788
Death Place:Filipstad, Sweden
Nationality:Swedish
Occupation:Ironmaster
Politician
Mother:Lovisa Sophia Tranæa
Father:Bengt Geijer
Noble Family:af Geijerstam

Emanuel af Geijerstam (in Swedish pronounced as /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.

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, thus the progenitor of the noble family af Geijerstam.[2]

References

Citations

  1. Web site: Emanuel Geijerstam, af - Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon . 3 March 2023 . sok.riksarkivet.se . sv.
  2. Web site: af Geijerstam . 30 June 2023 . www.ne.se.

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