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

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,1910 Census
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Scania Scania, also known by its native name of Skåne (, ), is the southernmost of the historical provinces (''landskap'') of Sweden. Located in the south tip of the geographical region of Götaland, the province is roughly conterminous with Skå ...

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

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of i ...

in Norway at the age of 22. After working one year in

Slemmestad Fabrikker Slemmestad is a village in Røyken in Asker municipality in Viken, Norway. Slemmestad is located on the west bank of the Oslofjord, west of Oslo. History Historically Slemmestad was located on the old highway running between Oslo and Dramme ...

he started his own company in 1891. Among others, his company ''Christiania Cementstøperi, H. Musculus'' constructed a drydocks for

Akers Mekaniske Verksted Akers mekaniske Verksted (often abbreviated ''Akers mek. Verksted'' or ''Akers Mek.'') was a workshop, later a shipyard which was established in Fossveien by the Aker River in Oslo in 1841. In 1854 the company moved to Holmen on the west side of ...

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 The Norwegian Employers' Confederation ( no, Norsk Arbeidsgiverforening, NAF) was an employers' organisation in Norway. It existed between 1900 and 1989, and was founded as an answer to the foundation of the Workers' National Trade Union in 1899 ...

, and a member of the executive committee in the

Federation of Norwegian Industries The Federation of Norwegian Industries ( no, Norsk Industri) is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise. It was established on 1 January 2006 as a merger of the Federation of Norweg ...

. 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 Ullern Church ( no, Ullern kirke) is a parish church of the Church of Norway in Sør-Odal Municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the village of Ullern. It is the church for the Ullern parish which is part of the Solør, Vinge ...

, and to various other ends.

References

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