Gustaf Wrede

Freiherr Gustaf Woldemar Wrede af Elimä
Born	(1889-07-28)28 July 1889 Leppävirta, Grand Duchy of Finland
Died	February 17, 1959(1959-02-17) (aged 69) Helsingin maalaiskunta, Finland
Nationality	Finnish
Education	engineer
Employer	Jackson Automobile Company (1912–1914) Åbo Jernmanufaktur ock Waggonfabrik (1914–1919) Tykö bruks Ab (1920–1921) Ab Dalsbruk (1922–1940) Suomen Pultti ja Konetehdas Oy (1924–1934) Suomen Lasitehdas (1935–1946) Petsamon Nikkeli Oy (1940–1945) Ares Oy (1945–1951) Valmet Oy (1954–1958)
Spouse(s)	Ebba née Tollet (1915–1919) Karin Sophie née Andelin (1920–1946) Asta née Örtengren (1948 →)
Parent(s)	Carolus Wrede and Siri née Söderhjelm
Awards	Memorial Medal for War of Freedom Commander of the White Rose of Finland (1936) Commander of Dannebrog (1939) Cross of Liberty, 3rd Class (1940) Memorial Medal for Winter War Medal of Liberty, 2nd Class (1944) Cross of Liberty, 2nd Class (1945) of the Order of the Lion of Finland, 1st class (1946) Commander of the White Rose of Finland, 1st class (1956)

Gustaf Woldemar Wrede af Elimä (28 July 1889 – 17 February 1958) was a Finnish Freiherr, engineer and businessman. He is best known for his contribution to Finnish tractor production.

Wrede was born to influential Finnish industrialist Wrede family; his father Freiherr Carolus Wrede worked as manager in number of Finnish engineering companies. Due to his background, Wrede got a good education and subsequently a good position in his father's company, in which he designed Kullervo tractor.

As manager of Ab Dalsbruk Wrede grew a hardy manager who saved the company from closure and developed the production. During World War II Wrede led the nickel mining company Petsamon Nikkeli Oy. After the war he led the metal industry production for war reparations to the Soviet Union. As manager of Valmet, Wrede participated in developing of Valmet tractors.

Wrede's parents were Freiherr, manager Carolus Wrede and Siri née Söderhjelm. The affluent Wrede family had been involved in industrial development for generations already. Carolus Wrede was the main owner of engineering companies Åbo Jernmanufaktur and Åbo Waggonfabrik. It was rather natural, that also Gustaf Wrede became oriented to engineering. He studied eight grades in Swedish-speaking Nya svenska läroverket in Helsinki. In 1907 he started studies in Technical University of Darmstadt in Germany where he graduated in 1911 as Mechanical Engineer.

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