Knut Fredrik Idestam (28 October 1838,

Tyrväntö Tyrväntö is a former municipality of Finland in the Häme Province, now in Tavastia Proper. It was consolidated with Hattula in 1971. The northern part of the former municipality was transferred to Valkeakoski in 1978. Tyrväntö bordered Hatt ...

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– 8 April 1916,

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, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a

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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 ...

and

businessman A businessperson, businessman, or businesswoman is an individual who has founded, owns, or holds shares in (including as an angel investor) a private-sector company. A businessperson undertakes activities (commercial or industrial) for th ...

, best known as a founder of

Nokia Nokia Corporation (natively Nokia Oyj, referred to as Nokia) is a Finnish multinational corporation, multinational telecommunications industry, telecommunications, technology company, information technology, and consumer electronics corporatio ...

. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood

paper mill A paper mill is a factory devoted to making paper from vegetable fibres such as wood pulp, old rags, and other ingredients. Prior to the invention and adoption of the Fourdrinier machine and other types of paper machine that use an endless belt, ...

Tampere Tampere ( , , ; sv, Tammerfors, ) is a city in the Pirkanmaa region, located in the western part of Finland. Tampere is the most populous inland city in the Nordic countries. It has a population of 244,029; the urban area has a population o ...

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. The mill began operations in 1866. In 1871, Idestam and

Leo Mechelin Leopold (Leo) Henrik Stanislaus Mechelin (24 November 1839 in Hamina, Finland – 26 January 1914 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish politician, professor, liberal reformer and businessman. A leading defender of the autonomy of the Grand Duchy ...

founded Nokia Ltd. and moved the company's operations to the city of

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. He was buried in the

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in Helsinki.

Notes

External links

Tapio Helen, ''Fredrik Idestam (1838–1916)'', National Biography of Finland, Finnish Historical Society
** 1838 births 1916 deaths People from Häme Province (Grand Duchy of Finland) Swedish-speaking Finns Mining engineers Nokia people Burials at Hietaniemi Cemetery 19th-century Finnish businesspeople {{Finland-bio-stub