Sigrid Ekehielm

Sigrid Ekehielm, also known as Boås-Beata,^[1] was a Swedish 17th-century business owner.

Life and work

Sigrid Ekehielm was born in the 1640s,^[2] to Bengt Ekehielm and Eva Eggertz. Ekehielm was married three times. Her first marriage was in 1669 to Christian Stiernflycht, her second marriage was in 1671 to Crispin Flygge, and her third marriage was in 1675 to Marcus Cronström.^[3]

She owned several ironworks, including Bofors in Karlskoga.^[1][4]

Ekehielm died in 1700, in Varnum.^[3]

References

1. Bande, Alf (1996). Bofors och boforsare (in Swedish). Probus. p. 13. ISBN 978-91-87184-36-9.
2. "Sigrid Ekehielm", https://skbl.se/en/article/SigridEkehielm, Svenskt kvinnobiografiskt lexikon (SKBL) [Biographical Dictionary of Swedish Women, article in English] (article by Stefan Nilsson, translated by Margaret Myers), retrieved 2023-09-3.
3. "Sigrid Ekehielm". Svenskt Biografiskt Lexikon (article Google translated to English). National Archives of Sweden. Retrieved 12 August 2023.
4. "Sigrid Ekehielm – en värmländsk järnlady – WERMLÄNDSKA SÄLLSKAPET i Stockholm (article Google translated to English)date=October 31, 2021".