Gerhard Ysing
Appearance
Gerhard Arentsson Ysing[a] (1603 – 1673), was a Swedish ironmaster and merchant, known as Karlskoga's first industrialist.[2]
Gerhard Arentsson Ysing was a native of Stade, Germany.[1] Ysing practiced in Örebro in the 17th century,[2] and in the 1630s, he acquired the Valåsen Ironworks from Arvid Bengtsson,[2] but Ysing never settled there.[2]
In 1672, he donated a chandelier to the Karlskoga Church.[2] Ysing married twice.[3]
Ysing died in Örebro in 1673.[2]
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[edit]Works cited
[edit]- Lindberg, Gust (1895). Karlskoga bergslag: historia och beskrifningar (in Swedish). Noraskog: Central-tryckeriet.
- Persson, Ulf (2007). Släkten Ysing under 1600-talet (PDF) (in Swedish).
- Karlsson, Håkan. Gerhard Arentsson Ysing – Hammarpatron på Valåsen och Karlskoga sockens förste industriman (PDF) (in Swedish).