Margaretha Sofia Zweygberg (
née
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Tilén; 10 July 1828 — 19 November 1883) was a
Finnish textile wholesaler.
Zweygberg founded and led textile sales company ''
Sofia Zweygberg'' that became largest of its kind in Finland. Its operations were focused in eastern parts of the country.
Family
Sofia Tilén was born in
Lohtaja
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It is located in the province of Western Finland and is part of the Central Ostrobothnia region. The former mun ...
,
Grand Duchy of Finland. Her parents were sailor Matts and Anna Tilén. In 1851 she was married to
shoemaker and
sniper
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Gustaf Adolf Zweygberg (b. 1826). The couple had four sons and two daughters during 1853–1862; however, three of the sons and one daughter died in their early years.
Later Gustaf Zweygberg disappeared in
Saint Petersburg.
Career
In 1868 Zweygberg founded
her own retail company for
Tampere-produced
yarn and
cotton in
Viipuri market hall.
The company and the selection grew rapidly due to her effective and skillful management. In 1878 Zweygberg began
wholesale operation in the whole East Finland. Over several years her company was the largest cotton sales company of the Grand Duchy. The most important market was in the
Karelian Isthmus, due to Russian tourists.
After Zweygberg's death in 1883, the company was continued by her son-in-law Viktor Ferdinand Grönroos. Following to his death, the company management went to the widow Sofia Grönroos, Zweygberg's daughter. The company name became Oy Sofia Zweygberg Ab in 1913.
References
External links
Womanpower — from a reel of thread to an empire
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19th-century Finnish businesswomen
19th-century Finnish businesspeople
1828 births
1883 deaths