Gerhard Arentsson Ysing (1603 – 1673), was a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

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

merchant A merchant is a person who trades in goods produced by other people, especially one who trades with foreign countries. Merchants have been known for as long as humans have engaged in trade and commerce. Merchants and merchant networks operated i ...

, known as

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a urban areas of Sweden, locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. It is located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population o ...

's first

industrialist A business magnate, also known as an industrialist or tycoon, is a person who is a powerful entrepreneur and investor who controls, through personal enterprise ownership or a dominant shareholding position, a firm or industry whose goods or ser ...

. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing was a native of

Stade Stade (; ), officially the Hanseatic City of Stade (, ) is a city in Lower Saxony in northern Germany. First mentioned in records in 934, it is the seat of the Stade (district), district () which bears its name. It is located roughly to the wes ...

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. Ysing practiced in

Örebro Örebro ( ; ) is the seventh-largest city in Sweden, the seat of Örebro Municipality, and capital of Örebro County. It is situated by the Närke Plain, near the lake Hjälmaren, a few kilometers inland along the small river Svartån, and ...

in the 17th century, and in the 1630s, he acquired the

Valåsen Ironworks Valåsen Ironworks () is an ironworks in Valåsen, a village in Karlskoga Municipality in Sweden. Valåsen is older than the nearby Bofors. History The estate was taken over by Sven Björnsson. In 1631, Björnsson sold the estate to the mayor A ...

from Arvid Bengtsson, but Ysing never settled there. In 1672, he donated a

chandelier A chandelier () is an ornamental lighting device, typically with spreading branched supports for multiple lights, designed to be hung from the ceiling. Chandeliers are often ornate, and they were originally designed to hold candles, but now inca ...

to the

Karlskoga Church The Karlskoga Church ( ) is a wooden Church (building), church building in Karlskoga, Sweden. Belonging to the Church of Sweden, the church was inaugurated in the 1600s. It stands as both the oldest building and church in Karlskoga, predating Villa ...

. Ysing married twice. Ysing died in Örebro in 1673.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ysing, Gerhard 1603 births 1673 deaths Swedish landowners Swedish merchants Swedish ironmasters Emigrants from the Holy Roman Empire Immigrants to Sweden People from Stade