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Lysholm
Lysholm is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Alf Lysholm (1893–1973), Swedish engineer * Catharina Lysholm (1744–1815), Norwegian businesswoman and ship-owner * Jørgen B Lysholm Jørgen Bernhoft Lysholm (17 March 1796 - 24 September 1843) was born in Trondheim, Norway. In the 18th century, Jørgen B. Lysholm was the best known name in the liquor business. Jørgen B. Lysholm and his factory As a young man, Jørgen studi ... (1796–1843), Norwegian liquor merchant {{surname Surnames of Scandinavian origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catharina Lysholm
Catharina Lysholm ( Meincke; 1744 - 9 December 1815), was a Norwegian businesswoman and ship-owner. Catharina Meincke was born at Trondheim in Trøndelag, Norway. She was the daughter of merchant and office holder Hilmar Meincke (1710–1771) and Catharina Mølmann (1720–1748). In 1763, she married merchant Broder Brodersen Lysholm (1734–1772), then one of the most successful merchants in Trondheim. Both her father and husband had originated from Flensburg in Southern Schleswig. She acquired wealth through both inheritance and marriage. Her father was co-owner of the copper works at Løkken and Røros, organized a West Indies company and operated a tobacco factory. Upon his death, she inherited the bulk of his estate. Upon the death of her spouse in 1772, she took over his business interests in partnership with Hans Carl Knudtzon who had moved to Trondheim from Bredstedt in North Frisia. She managed the perhaps largest ship company in Trondheim from 1772-1779 operati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jørgen B Lysholm
Jørgen Bernhoft Lysholm (17 March 1796 - 24 September 1843) was born in Trondheim, Norway. In the 18th century, Jørgen B. Lysholm was the best known name in the liquor business. Jørgen B. Lysholm and his factory As a young man, Jørgen studied in Berlin. Jørgen's father, Nicolay, established a soap factory on Fagerheim in Trondheim, together with his brother. In 1821 the factory was signed over to Jørgen and he made a liquor factory out of it. The factory delivered all kinds of liquor, such as punsj and aquavit. Lysholm was the first to produce ''Linie Aquavit'', which became the company’s most popular brand and best selling product. Today, Linie Aquavit is still represented as in 1842. After a few years he moved the whole production to Olav Tryggvasons gate 26, also called “Lysholmsgården”. History of the Lysholmer's The Lysholmer’s were wealthy shopkeepers from Flensburg who came to Trondheim in the 16th century. Jøgen B Lyshom lived only 47 years. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf Lysholm
Alf James Rudolf Lysholm (14 December 1893 – 20 February 1973) was a Swedish engineer. Career Lysholm worked for the Ljungstrom steam turbine company, where he rose to become Chief Engineer.Meher-Homji, Cyrus B. (2000).The Historical Development of Turbomachinery. ''Proceedings of the 29th Turbomachinery Symposium'', Texas A&M University, 2000. pp. 281-321. He is noted for the invention of the rotary screw compressor, which he developed in the 1930s while working on a series of unsuccessful gas turbine engines. He also developed the hydraulic torque converter A torque converter is a type of fluid coupling that transfers rotating power from a prime mover, like an internal combustion engine, to a rotating driven load. In a vehicle with an automatic transmission, the torque converter connects the pow .... References External links * Swedish Wikipedia article"Alf Lysholm" ''Motoring Weekly''. Swedish mechanical engineers 1893 births 1973 deaths {{Sweden-eng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
