Heinrich Wilhelm Augustus Musculus (10 December 1868 – 10 December 1949) was a Swedish-Norwegian businessman. He was born in

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,1910 Census
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, and took education as a cement technician and construction engineer. He emigrated to

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in Norway at the age of 22. After working one year in Slemmestad Fabrikker he started his own company in 1891. Among others, his company ''Christiania Cementstøperi, H. Musculus'' constructed a drydocks for Akers Mekaniske Verksted and a grain silo at

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. The company also traded in building tools, until 1923 when this business area was delegated to the company ''Christiania Cementstøperi, P. Paaske''. He also owned the company Korkindustri with a factory in

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, but it burned down in 1934. Musculus co-founded the employers' association ''Entreprenørenes Landssammenslutning'' in 1910, and chaired it for the first ten years. He was a central board member of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation, and a member of the executive committee in the Federation of Norwegian Industries. He was also a board member of Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet. He resided in Bestum. He donated stained glass windows to the

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s of Ullern Church, and to various other ends.

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1868 births 1949 deaths People from Skåne County Swedish emigrants to Norway Norwegian businesspeople {{norway-business-bio-stub