Emanuel af Geijerstam (; 10 October 1730 – 24 September 1788) was a Swedish

ironmaster An ironmaster is the manager, and usually owner, of a forge or blast furnace for the processing of iron. It is a term mainly associated with the period of the Industrial Revolution, especially in Great Britain. The ironmaster was usually a larg ...

and politician.

Early life and work

Born in Uddeholm in

Värmland Värmland () is a ''Provinces of Sweden, landskap'' (historical province) in west-central Sweden. It borders Västergötland, Dalsland, Dalarna, Västmanland, and Närke, and is bounded by Norway in the west. Name Several Latinized version ...

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

on October 10, 1730, to Bengt Gustaf Geijer and Lovisa Sophia Tranæa, Geijer married Sara Helena Piscator in 1753 and had children. He was admitted as a student at

Uppsala University Uppsala University (UU) () is a public university, public research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded in 1477, it is the List of universities in Sweden, oldest university in Sweden and the Nordic countries still in operation. Initially fou ...

in 1749. Geijerstam served as a director at the Uddeholm Works, a privately held company, from 1753 to 1767, which later developed into the multinational steel producer Uddeholms AB. In 1770, he obtained the Bofors Works from his brother

Johan Eberhard Geijer Johan Eberhard Geijer (; 19 October 1733 – 21 December 1796) was a Swedish ironmaster. Born in Uddeholm in Värmland, Sweden on October 19, 1733, to Bengt Gustaf Geijer and Lovisa Sophia Tranæa, Geijer married Anna Fredrika Löfman and had c ...

. Geijerstam lived in Alkvettern Manor located in Bjurtjärn socken. He received the Royal Order of Vasa and was ennobled in 1773 at Loka Brunn by

Gustav III Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of King Adolf Frederick and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Sweden. Gustav was a vocal opponent of what he saw ...

, thus the progenitor of the noble family af Geijerstam.

References

Citations

Works cited

* 1730 births 1788 deaths Swedish landowners Swedish ironmasters Emanuel Swedish people of Austrian descent Uppsala University alumni People from Hagfors Municipality Bofors people 18th-century Swedish businesspeople 18th-century Swedish politicians Recipients of the Order of Vasa Swedish untitled nobility {{Sweden-bio-stub