Jonas Gustaf Samuel Aspelin (5 February 1857 – 8 May 1917) was a Swedish-Norwegian

mining engineer Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from underneath, open pit, above or on the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, and ...

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and

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Personal life

Aspelin was born at

Kristianstad Kristianstad (, ; older spelling from Danish language, Danish ''Christianstad'') is a Urban areas in Sweden, city and the seat of Kristianstad Municipality, Scania County, Sweden with 40,145 inhabitants in 2016. During the last 15 years, it has ...

Skåne County Skåne County ( sv, Skåne län, link=no ), sometimes referred to as Scania County in English, is the most southern county, or , of Sweden, basically corresponding to the traditional province Scania. It borders the counties of Halland, Kronobe ...

, Sweden. He was a son of Jonas Aspelin (1811–82) and Catharina Charlotta Björklund (1817–91). In 1883 he married Elisa Holmboe (1865–1926), a daughter of Jens Anton Holmboe (1828–92) and Karen Dorothea Biørn (1830–70). His wife was a granddaughter of

Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe Leonhard Christian Borchgrevink Holmboe (10 October 1802 – 24 September 1887) was a Norwegian Lutheran minister and politician. Personal life He was born in Trondenes as the son of bailiff Jens Holmboe (1752–1804) and his wife Anna Margreth ...

, half-sister of

Carl Fredrik Holmboe Carl Fredrik Holmboe (25 August 1882 – 15 January 1960) was a Norwegian engineer and business executive. Biography He was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway as the only son of Jens Anton Holmboe (1828-92) and his third wife Marie Aarreberg ( ...

and first cousin of

Cornelius Holmboe Cornelius Holmboe (17 April 1881 – 16 November 1947) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Justice in 1928. Personal life He was born in Tromsø as the youngest son of physician Johannes Michael Holmboe (1844–19 ...

. The couple had the son Jonas Aspelin, who at Gustaf's death took over the family company, later with another son Knut as partner. Their daughter Karen married Ragnar Sommar Bruzelius(1869-1956), mayor of

Career

Aspelin attended school in

Filipstad Filipstad is a locality and the seat of Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden, with 10,644 inhabitants in 2019. Filipstad was granted city privileges in 1611 by Charles IX of Sweden, who named it after his son Duke Carl Philip (1601&n ...

(''Filipstads Bergskola'') from 1876 to 1877. From 1878 he worked as an engineer at

Lesjöfors Lesjöfors is a locality situated in Filipstad Municipality, Värmland County, Sweden with 1,062 inhabitants in 2010. Located in the Bergslagen area, where mining and metal preparation historically was the leading industry, the town grew up around ...

(''Lesjöfors Bruk'') in

Värmland Värmland () also known as Wermeland, is a '' landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Latin name versions are ''Va ...

, Sweden, and represented the company in Christiania (now Oslo) from 1881. After settling in Christiania he founded a trade company which came to be one of Norway's largest companies in the construction business. The business included sales of wire, spades, shovels and hand tools. The company imported iron and steel products from Swedish producers. The company he founded merged with Stormbull AS in 1978 to form Aspelin-Stormbull AS, now Aspelin Ramm Gruppen AS. Aspelin obtained Norwegian citizenship in 1888. In 1907 he became the first Swedish consul in Christiania, and was appointed Consul General from 1911. Aspelin was a co-founder and chairman of the Swedish-American society, . He was also the first chairman of the board of the Swedish church society, . He was a member of the

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(''Den Norske Frimurerorden''). He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the

Order of Vasa The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry, awarded to citizens of Sweden for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. It was instituted on 29 May 1772 by King Gustav III. It was u ...

and a Knight of the

Order of the Polar Star The Royal Order of the Polar Star (Swedish: ''Kungliga Nordstjärneorden'') is a Swedish order of chivalry created by King Frederick I on 23 February 1748, together with the Order of the Sword and the Order of the Seraphim. The Order of the ...

. .

References

External links

Aspelin Ramm website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Aspelin, Gustaf 1857 births 1917 deaths People from Kristianstad Municipality Swedish emigrants to Norway Naturalised citizens of Norway Norwegian company founders Knights First Class of the Order of Vasa Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Holmboe family