Sir Erik Olof Ohlson, 1st Baronet (19 July 1873 – 20 March 1934) was a
Swedish
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-born
British shipping magnate and
coal and
timber merchant.
Ohlson was a son of a farmer in the village of Oppeby in
Fellingsbro
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History
The parish of Fellingsbro is mentioned alr ...
parish,
Sweden
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. He spent ten years in the coal importing business in Sweden. In 1902, he emigrated to
Hull
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,
England, and established the firm of Ohlson & Co, shipowners and brokers, coal exporters, and timber importers.
He was
knighted
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in 1915 and created a
baronet, of
Scarborough, in the 1920 New Year Honours for his efforts to
bring Sweden into the British camp during the
First World War.
Ohlson was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Sir Eric James Ohlson (1911–1983).
Footnotes
References
*Obituary, ''
The Times'', 21 March 1934
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
*
1934 deaths
Swedish businesspeople
British businesspeople in shipping
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Knights Bachelor
Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom
1873 births
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