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Heinrich Musculus

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Heinrich Wilhelm Augustus Musculus
Born(1868-12-10)December 10, 1868
Germany
DiedDecember 10, 1949(1949-12-10) (aged 81)
NationalitySwedish-Norwegian
Occupationbusinessman

Heinrich Wilhelm Augustus Musculus (10 December 1868 – 10 December 1949) was a Swedish-Norwegian businessman.

He was born in Germany,[1] but hailed from Scania, and took education as a cement technician and construction engineer.[2] He emigrated to Kristiania in Norway at the age of 22. After working one year in Slemmestad Fabrikker he started his own company in 1891.[3] Among others, his company Christiania Cementstøperi, H. Musculus constructed a drydocks for Akers Mekaniske Verksted and a grain silo at Vippetangen.[4] The company also traded in building tools, until 1923 when this business area was delegated to the company Christiania Cementstøperi, P. Paaske.[5] He also owned the company Korkindustri with a factory in Gamlebyen, but it burned down in 1934.[6]

Musculus co-founded the employers' association Entreprenørenes Landssammenslutning in 1910, and chaired it for the first ten years.[7] He was a central board member of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation, and a member of the executive committee in the Federation of Norwegian Industries.[3] He was also a board member of Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet.[8]

He resided in Bestum.[1] He donated stained glass windows to the transepts of Ullern Church,[9] and to various other ends.

References

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  1. ^ a b 1910 Census
  2. ^ Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Musculus, H. A. W.". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 537. Retrieved 8 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "60 år". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 10 December 1928. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Forretingsjubilæum". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 6 June 1921. p. 3.
  5. ^ "Forretingsnyt". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 May 1923. p. 7.
  6. ^ "Stor fabrikkbrand i Gamlebyen idagmorges". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 27 August 1934. pp. 1–2.
  7. ^ "Entreprenørenes Landssammenslutning 25 år". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 28 March 1935. p. 6.
  8. ^ "Det nyeste kreditinstitut". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 December 1927. p. 8.
  9. ^ "Ullern kirkes 25 års-jubileum søndag". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 1 June 1928. p. 3.