Sir Erik Olof Ohlson, 1st Baronet (19 July 1873 – 20 March 1934) was a

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-born

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shipping magnate and

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and

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merchant. Ohlson was a son of a farmer in the village of Oppeby in

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parish,

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. He spent ten years in the coal importing business in Sweden. In 1902, he emigrated to

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, and established the firm of Ohlson & Co, shipowners and brokers, coal exporters, and timber importers. He was

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in 1915 and created a

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, of

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, in the 1920 New Year Honours for his efforts to bring Sweden into the British camp during the

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. Ohlson was succeeded in the baronetcy by his elder son, Sir Eric James Ohlson (1911–1983).

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'', 21 March 1934 *Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * 1934 deaths Swedish businesspeople British businesspeople in shipping Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Knights Bachelor Swedish emigrants to the United Kingdom 1873 births People from Lindesberg Municipality Businesspeople awarded knighthoods {{UK-business-bio-1870s-stub