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Bruno V. Nordberg

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Bruno V. Nordberg
Born( 1857-04-11)April 11, 1857
Turku, Finland
DiedOctober 30, 1924(1924-10-30) (aged 67)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US
Alma materHelsinki University of Technology
Occupation(s)Engineer, entrepreneur, inventor
Known forFounded Nordberg Manufacturing Company

Bruno V. Nordberg, (April 11, 1857 – October 30, 1924) was a Finnish Swedish engineer that emigrated to the United States and founded the Nordberg Manufacturing Company.[1][2]

Nordberg was born in Turku.[3] He studied from 1875 to 1879 at the Polytechnical School (Finnish: Polyteknillinen koulu, Swedish: Polytekniska skolan) in Helsinki, Finland (later Helsinki University of Technology).[3][4]

After his studies, he emigrated to the United States in 1880 and started working at the E. P. Allis Company in Milwaukee.[3][4] He founded his own company, the Bruno V. Nordberg Company, in 1886. The company manufactured a cutoff governor for steam engines Nordberg had invented. In 1890, it moved to a larger facility under the Nordberg Manufacturing Company name.[3][5]

Nordberg died at his home in Milwaukee after an illness of two years in 1924.[3][4]

References

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  1. ^ Finlandssvenska tekniker, Band I. Helsinki, Finland. 1923.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "Bruno V. Nordberg". projektfredrika.fi. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. ^ a b c d e "Huomattu suomalainen kuollut". Auttaja. Ironwood, MI. November 6, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ a b c "Noted Inventor Dead after Long Illness". Appleton Post-Crescent. Appleton, WI. October 30, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved September 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ "The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.