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Ernst Dahlström

Commercial Counsellor
Ernst Abraham Dahlström
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Born (1846-03-26)26 March 1846
Turku, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died 16 January 1924(1924-01-16) (aged 77)
Turku, Finland
Board member of
  • Akkas ångsågs Ab (1875–)
  • Littois Ab (1875–)
  • Åbo Sparbank (1881–)
  • Aura Sockerbruks Bolag (1889–1900)
  • Kymi Papermill (1889–1904)
  • Kymin Oy (1904–)
  • Finnish Marine Insurance Association (1890–1894)
  • Åbo Aktiebank (1896–1920)
  • Isbrytare Ab Avance (1901–1903)
  • life insurance company Fennia (1905–)
  • reinsurance company Verdandi (1905–)
  • mutual insurance company Sampo (1907–1909)
  • Ab Crichton (1914–)
  • Wartsala ångsågs Ab
  • Ab Vulcan
Spouse(s) Rosina Sofia née Julin
Children
  • Carl-Johan (1876–1935)
  • Greta (1877–1902)
  • Erik Abraham (1879–1943)
Parent(s) Carl Magnus Dahlström and
Sofia Karolina née Kingelin
Relatives Magnus Dahlström (brother)
Awards
Manager of Kymi Papermill
In office
1873 – 1904

Ernst Abraham Dahlström (26 March 1846 – 16 January 1924) was a Finnish businessman and philanthropist.

Dahlström inherited his father's position as manager of trading house C.M. Dahlström. His younger brother Magnus Dahlström joined in soon after. The brothers made significant donations to their home town Turku.

Dahlström worked as manager of Kymi Papermill in 1873–1904 and board member of the subsequent Kymin Oy. He developed the Finnish insurance sector and shipbuilding. Dahlström also had a significant role in development of Turku shipbuilding industry.

Dahlström studied in Behm German school in Viipuri and did his internship in Hackman & Co. in the same city. He returned in Turku in 1869 to work as bookkeeper in his father's company, trading house C.M. Dahlström. He got bourgeois rights in the following year.

In 1872 Dahlström took leadership of the trading house, after his father fell ill. The trading house had investments in industry and shipping, and under young Dahlström's leadership the trading house invested increasingly on industrial companies. His younger brother Magnus became a co-manager in 1881, after finishing his studies in Stuttgart. The brothers worked closely to each other and it is difficult to distinguish the originator of each project. Also their spouses were siblings: Ernst was married to 1853-born Rosina Sofia Julin in 1875; Magnus Dahlström married her younger sister Ellen Maria Julin. The father of the Julin sisters was consul John Julin.

In 1873 just 27-year-old Ernst Dahlström became the first manager of Kymi Papermill. Kymi papermill was the most important investment of the trading house. After the company merged with Voikkaa and Kuusankoski papermills in 1904, creating Kymin Oy, the trading house remained a major owner in the company and Dahlström continued as board member. The head office remained in Turku and a part of the time Dahlström worked at factory located in Kuusankoski.


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