Knut Stefan Anderson (born December 26, 1878,

Enköping Enköping is a locality and the seat of Enköping Municipality, Uppsala County, Sweden with 30,000 inhabitants in 2018. Geography Enköping is situated near Lake Mälaren, about 78 km west of Stockholm. A comparably large number of Swedi ...

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, died May 8, 1966,

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) was a Swedish industrialist, journalist and

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clockmaker/watchmaker decorated with badges of

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s by the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway and the President of Finland. He was the son of August T. Anderson and Hildegard von Reis and began to learn watchmaking in 1892 at age 13 in

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. From 1910 to 1953 he wrote regular articles in

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s and was also their editor,Lars Magnus Jansson in ''Mästares verk, Sveriges Urmakareförbund 100 år''

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-ID:3311604 pp. 29 & 39 (long-term executive positions), pp. 31, 39 & 48 (trade papers), pp. 39, 48 & 66 (school's name), p. 39 (quality label & medal) often using the

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''Stander''. Anderson was instrumental in organizing watchmakers and

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into permanent trade organizations in Scandinavia and Germany, which he then led as CEO in terms of service lasting for decades. He is considered by some the most important industrial organizer in his field in the history of his country and in 1971 had a watchmaker's college named for him in

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has a clock designed and installed by Anderson in its tower since the building was dedicated in 1938 (mechanism replaced in 2004). The well-known quality classification ''Stjärnurmakarna'' for Swedish watchmakers and merchants was originally registered and protected by Anderson, who also in 1944 created a specially designed insurance policy for them, and since 1952 a Swedish gold medal for contributions to watchmaking bears Anderson's likeness and name. Anderson married Ragnhild Sandberg of Ludvika in 1907. Of their five children one son was Swedish senator , a daughter was singer

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and a grandson is photographer

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'' 2001-05-08 p 14-15

References

* ''Hantverk och samhälle'' a collection of essays about Anderson by Gerhard Nilsson, Axel Gjöres, Jan-Otto Modig, Stig Stefanson, Carl Hernmarck, Kari Reenpää & 2 others;

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, 1949 (Swedish 133 p.)

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