Per Adolf Lindskog (1751–1836) was a notable businessman and shipbuilder in
Jakobstad
Jakobstad (; , ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Jakobstad is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Jakobstad is approximately , while the Jako ...
at the turn of the 19th century. He was married to ''Anna Catharina Malm'', the daughter of the prominent merchant and shipbuilder ''Niclas Malm''. When his
father-in-law
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Niclas Malm died in 1785, Adolf Lindskog took over the management of the city's
twist tobacco factory.
Trade started to develop rapidly in
Jakobstad
Jakobstad (; , ) is a town in Finland, located on the west coast of the country. Jakobstad is situated in Ostrobothnia (administrative region), Ostrobothnia, along the Gulf of Bothnia. The population of Jakobstad is approximately , while the Jako ...
as of 1765, when the cities along the Finnish shore of the Gulf of Botnia were granted privileges by the Swedish crown to trade directly with foreign countries, and Jakobstad became one of the wealthiest cities per capita in
Finland
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. This also meant brisk business for Lindskog, and he was periodically the city's wealthiest man, competing with his
brother-in-law
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Pehr Malm for this title.
In 1797 Adolf Lindskog had built the city's first house built of stone at the market square (it is today Jakobstad's oldest house). The same year, he founded a shipyard, with the intention to concentrate all ship building in Jakobstad to the same location. This shipyard was built on ''Calholmen'', and was named ''Calholmens skeppsvarv'' (the shipyard of Calholmen). This area is today called ''Varvet''. During a period of 75 years, around 150 ships were built at this shipyard.
Finnish businesspeople
People from Jakobstad
1751 births
1836 deaths
Swedish-speaking Finns
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