Adolf Lindskog

Per Adolf Lindskog (1751–1836) was a notable businessman and shipbuilder in

Jakobstad Jakobstad (; fi, Pietarsaari) is a town and municipality in Ostrobothnia, Finland. The town has a population of () and covers a land area of . The population density is . Neighboring municipalities are Larsmo, Pedersöre, and Nykarleby. The ci ...

at the turn of the 19th century. He was married to ''Anna Catharina Malm'', the daughter of the prominent merchant and shipbuilder ''Niclas Malm''. When his

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Niclas Malm died in 1785, Adolf Lindskog took over the management of the city's

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factory. Trade started to develop rapidly in

as of 1765, when the cities along the Finnish shore of the Gulf of Botnia were granted privileges by the Swedish crown to trade directly with foreign countries, and Jakobstad became one of the wealthiest cities per capita in

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. This also meant brisk business for Lindskog, and he was periodically the city's wealthiest man, competing with his

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Pehr Malm for this title. In 1797 Adolf Lindskog had built the city's first house built of stone at the market square (it is today Jakobstad's oldest house). The same year, he founded a shipyard, with the intention to concentrate all ship building in Jakobstad to the same location. This shipyard was built on ''Calholmen'', and was named ''Calholmens skeppsvarv'' (the shipyard of Calholmen). This area is today called ''Varvet''. During a period of 75 years, around 150 ships were built at this shipyard. Finnish businesspeople People from Jakobstad 1751 births 1836 deaths Swedish-speaking Finns {{Finland-bio-stub