Baron Oscar Dickson, or Oskar Dickson (2 December 1823 – 6 June 1897) was a Swedish magnate, bulk merchant, industrialist and philanthropist from a family of Scottish origin. In his time he was considered the most affluent of all Swedes.
Dickson was a partner in a company that owned ships and sawmills. The Baggböle sawmill's business methods first came to a head when James Dickson Jr was taken to court in 1850. The accusation was that the sawmill had cut wood that belonged to the king.[1] Dickson was fortunate to avoid prosecution. The saw mill business processed thousands of trees in the nineteenth century.[2]
A satirical cartoon from 1867 features Oscar Dickson who was a manager at the time.
The exploitation of Crown timber could not continue and in 1866-7 the company was again taken to court and this time they were obliged to agree to help prevent the use of Crown timber. Oscar Dickson and the company were featured in satirical cartoons. This was the time when the new Swedish word "Baggböleri" was first seen in print which was a synonym for the exploitation of forests.[1]
Ever an Arctic enthusiast, Oscar Dickson contributed to sponsor several important Polar ventures between the years 1860 and 1900. Dickson was ennobled by King Oscar in 1880 and was raised to the status of Baron in 1885, the last person to be so in Sweden.[4] Dickson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1878.
oscar, dickson, baron, oskar, dickson, december, 1823, june, 1897, swedish, magnate, bulk, merchant, industrialist, philanthropist, from, family, scottish, origin, time, considered, most, affluent, swedes, born, 1823, december, 1823gothenburg, swedendied6, jun. Baron Oscar Dickson or Oskar Dickson 2 December 1823 6 June 1897 was a Swedish magnate bulk merchant industrialist and philanthropist from a family of Scottish origin In his time he was considered the most affluent of all Swedes Oscar DicksonBorn 1823 12 02 2 December 1823Gothenburg SwedenDied6 June 1897 1897 06 06 aged 73 Almnas Castle Sweden Contents 1 Court cases 2 Honours 3 See also 4 ReferencesCourt cases EditDickson was a partner in a company that owned ships and sawmills The Baggbole sawmill s business methods first came to a head when James Dickson Jr was taken to court in 1850 The accusation was that the sawmill had cut wood that belonged to the king 1 Dickson was fortunate to avoid prosecution The saw mill business processed thousands of trees in the nineteenth century 2 A satirical cartoon from 1867 features Oscar Dickson who was a manager at the time The exploitation of Crown timber could not continue and in 1866 7 the company was again taken to court and this time they were obliged to agree to help prevent the use of Crown timber Oscar Dickson and the company were featured in satirical cartoons This was the time when the new Swedish word Baggboleri was first seen in print which was a synonym for the exploitation of forests 1 Dickson along with King Oscar II of Sweden and Aleksandr Mikhaylovich Sibiryakov was the patron of a number of Arctic expeditions in the 19th century He sponsored Adolf Erik Nordenskiold s explorations to the Canadian 3 and the Russian Arctic and Greenland as well as Fridtjof Nansen s Polar journey on the Fram Ever an Arctic enthusiast Oscar Dickson contributed to sponsor several important Polar ventures between the years 1860 and 1900 Dickson was ennobled by King Oscar in 1880 and was raised to the status of Baron in 1885 the last person to be so in Sweden 4 Dickson was a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1878 Honours EditDikson and Dikson Island in the Kara Sea were named after Oscar Dickson 5 as were Dicksonfjorden and Dickson Land on Svalbard 6 7 See also EditVega expeditionReferences Edit a b The Term Baggboleri Archived 2014 05 19 at the Wayback Machine SkogsMuseet retrieved 27 May 2014 Welcome to the Arboretum North Archived 2017 04 26 at the Wayback Machine arboretun norr se retrieved 17 May 2014 Popular Science August 1875 Dickson Riddarhuset www riddarhuset se Retrieved 2020 09 29 Timeline 1942 1945 Dicksonfjorden Norwegian Polar Institute Archived from the original on 11 July 2012 Retrieved 19 November 2011 Dickson Land Svalbard Norwegian Polar Institute Retrieved 24 November 2015 https www jstor org stable 1774402 https www nytimes com 1896 02 20 archives baron oscar dickson is skeptical html DOI org Petri Liukkonen Oscar Dickson Books and Writers This Swedish business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Oscar Dickson amp oldid 1107398749, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
