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Allerum
Allerum is a locality situated in Helsingborg Municipality, Skåne County, Sweden with 716 inhabitants in 2010. Allerum Church contains an altarpiece An altarpiece is an artwork such as a painting, sculpture or relief representing a religious subject made for placing at the back of or behind the altar of a Christian church. Though most commonly used for a single work of art such as a painting o ... by artist Johan Christoffer Boklund and fragments of medieval mural paintings. Notable people Notable people that were born or lived in Allerum include: * Nils Persson (1836–1916), Swedish consul, businessman, and politician References Populated places in Helsingborg Municipality Populated places in Skåne County {{Skåne-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allerum Church
Allerum Church ( sv, Allerums kyrka) is a church in Allerum, in the province of Skåne, Sweden. The tower and chancel of the church are medieval, while the rest of the church was heavily rebuilt during the 18th and 19th centuries. It contains an altarpiece by artist Johan Christoffer Boklund and fragments of medieval mural paintings. History and architecture Allerum Church was built in the 1150s and originally consisted of a nave and a chancel with an apse. It was enlarged in the 14th century, and the tower was built during the 15th century. A church porch was built 1500. Only the tower and chancel remain of the medieval church. In 1767 the southern transept was built, and at that time the apse was also demolished. The northern transept was built in 1834, and the interior of the church equipped with a barrel vault. The northern church porch was also demolished. The church underwent a major renovation in 1910. During the renovation, a decorated Romanesque tympanon from the former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Persson (industrialist)
Nils Persson (January 20, 1836 – April 28, 1916) was a Swedish consul, businessman, and politician from Helsingborg. Persson was born in Allerum, Sweden. He started his career as a fifteen-year-old in 1851, as a shop assistant in a store run by his uncle. In 1860 he opened his own business, where he imported and sold guano for use in fertilizers. The operation went well, and from 1872 to 1875 he ran the company ''Nils Persson's guano-svavvelsyrefabrik'' (Nils Persson's Guano–Sulfuric Acid Factory) in Helsingborg. In 1875 he became the director and chairman of the company ''Skånska superfosfat- og svafvelsyrefabrik AB'' (Skåne Superphosphate and Sulfuric Acid Factory, now part of Kemira), also in Helsingborg. For this he needed phosphate and sulfuric acid. In the beginning, the phosphorus was obtained from fossil bones, but soon he started imported phosphorus from Florida and North Africa. In 1887, Persson started the company Sulitjelma Mines in Norway, where he extract ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |