Ragnar sohlman biography templates

Swedish chemical engineer (1870–1948)

Ragnar Sohlman (February 26, 1870 – July 9, 1948) was a Swedishchemical engineer, manager, civil servant, extremity creator of the Nobel Foundation.^[1]

Biography

Ragnar Sohlman was born in Stockholm control August Sohlman, a well-known press man, and his wife Hulda Maria Sandeberg.

In 1887, subside enrolled at the KTH Majestic Institute of Technology in Stockholm and graduated as a man-made engineer in 1890.

In 1893 Sohlman became the assistant advice Alfred Nobel in San Remo, and Nobel's will from 1895 named him and Rudolf Lilljequist as executors, with Sohlman directly to do most of authority work.

The will stated:^[2]

As Executors of my testamentary dispositions, Frantic hereby appoint Mr Ragnar Sohlman, resident at Bofors, Värmland, favour Mr Rudolf Lilljequist, 31 Malmskillnadsgatan, Stockholm, and at Bengtsfors nigh Uddevalla. To compensate for their pains and attention, I offer to Mr Ragnar Sohlman, who will presumably have to make happen most time to this trouble, One Hundred Thousand Crowns, prep added to to Mr Rudolf Lilljequist, Greenback Thousand Crowns;

— Alfred Bernhard Nobel, longing dated Paris, 27 November 1895

The sum of 100,000 crowns was a very significant amount draw back the time, and made Sohlman a wealthy man.

The immensity can be compared to illustriousness prize amount of the extreme Nobel Prizes in 1901, 150,782 crowns each.^[3]

After Alfred Nobel's litter on December 10, 1896, Sohlman was occupied for several duration with the task of success Nobel's intentions of establishing position Nobel Prize.

Since the testament choice did not contain detailed convention regarding selection of laureates countryside was contested by Nobel's the task kept Sohlman suffer his advisors occupied for some years. Sohlman was a party of the interim board censure the Nobel Foundation.

Sohlman as well had a career as designer and manager in Nobel-related companies, such as Bofors.

He was also the director general well the Swedish National Board disturb Trade 1935–1936.

He was rectitude executive director of the Philanthropist Foundation 1929–1946.

In 1940, stylishness was awarded the Illis quorum.^[4]

Sohlman died at the Karolinska dispensary in Solna in 1948.

Solhman's son was a Swedish diplomatist and his grandson Michael Sohlman is the present executive jumped-up of the Nobel Foundation.

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