Josef Sachs Explained

Josef Ernst Sachs (1872-1949) was a Swedish businessman and one of the two founders of the Nordiska Kompaniet department store in Stockholm.

Born on January 4, 1872, in Stockholm, he became a student there in 1890. Devoting himself to commercial exercises abroad, upon his return he worked with his father and later became president of the Josef Leja department store in 1902.^[1] He would later serve as president of Nordiska Kompaniet from 1902–37, Deputy Chairman of the Board 1933-44, then chairman of the firm until his death in 1949.^[2] He was awarded the Illis quorum in the twelfth size in 1930 by the King of Sweden.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Various . 1916 . Nordisk familjebok. sv. July 5, 2014 .
2. Web site: Josef Sachs, 1872-1949, köpman, VD i No.... sv . Historian of the Digitalt Museum. 2013. digitaltmuseum.se. July 5, 2014.
3. Book: . 1942–1948 . 461 . sv . Sachs, Josef Ernst . https://runeberg.org/smok/6/0503.html.