Sigrid Ekehielm, also known as Boås-Beata,
was a
Swedish 17th-century business owner.
Life and work
Sigrid Ekehielm was born in the 1640s,
["Sigrid Ekehielm", https://skbl.se/en/article/SigridEkehielm, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (SKBL) iographical Dictionary of Swedish Women, article in English(article by Stefan Nilsson, translated by Margaret Myers), retrieved 2023-09-3.] to Bengt Ekehielm and Eva Eggertz. Ekehielm was married three times. Her first marriage was in 1669 to Christian Stiernflycht, her second marriage was in 1671 to Crispin Flygge, and her third marriage was in 1675 to Marcus Cronström.
She owned several
ironworks
An ironworks or iron works is an industrial plant where iron is smelted and where heavy iron and steel products are made. The term is both singular and plural, i.e. the singular of ''ironworks'' is ''ironworks''.
Ironworks succeeded bloome ...
, including
Bofors
AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years.
History
Locate ...
in
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 ...
.
Ekehielm died in 1700, in Varnum.
References
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Bofors people
1700 deaths