Jonas Aspelin (8 September 1884 – 3 September 1964) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

as a son of

Gustaf Aspelin Jonas Gustaf Samuel Aspelin (5 February 1857 – 8 May 1917) was a Swedish-Norwegian mining engineer, entrepreneur, wholesaler and consul. Personal life Aspelin was born at Kristianstad in Skåne County, Sweden. He was a son of Jonas Aspelin (1 ...

(1857–1917) and Elisa Holmboe (1865–1926). He was thus a maternal great-grandson 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 ...

and nephew 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 ( ...

. His sister Karen married Ragnar Sommar Bruzelius, mayor of Gustaf's city of origin Kristianstad. Jonas Aspelin attended commerce school, and spent about five years abroad in Germany, England and the United States. His father had founded an eponymous company for wholesale of metals in 1881. Gustaf Aspelin died in 1917, and Jonas took over, and later took his brother Knut on board as co-owner. He was also a deputy chair of the employers' association ''Jerngrossistenes Forening'' and supervisory council member of

Storebrand Storebrand is a financial services company in Norway. By volume, the company's main activities are related to life insurance and pension savings. However, the company also has major divisions working on investments, banking and, until 1999 and ...

. He was appointed Swedish

consul Consul (abbrev. ''cos.''; Latin plural ''consules'') was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman Empire. The title was used in other European city-states throug ...

to Norway in 1924, and promoted to consul-general in 1929. He served in this capacity for about thirty years. He also chaired the friendship society Swedish Society, which had been co-founded and chaired by his father. Early in his career he was decorated as a Commander 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 ...

. In 1952 he became a Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav. He died in September 1964 and was buried in Ris.

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1884 births 1964 deaths Businesspeople from Oslo Norwegian people of Swedish descent 20th-century Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian expatriates in Germany Norwegian expatriates in the United Kingdom Norwegian expatriates in the United States Commanders of the Order of Vasa Knights of the Order of the Polar Star Holmboe family {{Norway-business-bio-stub