Alexander Keiller (1 July 1804, Dundee – 27 March 1874 Gothenburg) was a Scottish businessman active in Gothenburg, Sweden. Keiller arrived in Gothenburg in 1825, on account of the Keiller family's timber business in Sweden. Three years later he started a mill for machine spinning of flax and hemp, along with his compatriot

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. This enterprise was shut down in 1839. In 1841 Keiller opened a heavy engineering plant in Gothenburg, as a private company. In 1867 Keiller floated Göteborgs Mekaniska Verkstad on the stock exchange, and a year later he retired completely from the workshops. He died in Gothenburg on 27 March 1874 . He was the father of James Keiller who in 1906 donated the area around

Ramberget Ramberget (; en, "Raven Hill") is a mountain on Hisingen island in Gothenburg, Sweden. The surrounding area and park is called Keillers Park. Ramberget is a popular tourist attraction and a place for outdoor recreation for Gothenburg residents, wi ...

to Gothenburg city which here had built Keillers park.

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* 1804 births 1874 deaths 19th-century Scottish businesspeople People from Gothenburg Scottish emigrants to Sweden 19th-century Swedish businesspeople Businesspeople from Dundee {{Scotland-business-bio-stub