About Fredrik Bünsow
Fredrik Bünsow was born in Germany but became known as one of the wealthiest Swedish businessmen of the 19th century. He immigrated as a 21-year-old bookstore clerk, inherited a timber industry in Sundsvall in 1847 and soon realized the potential of the steam saw. Through wise and courageous investments at just the right time, he built a timber empire that made him the second richest man in the country. The patron’s life’s work was created with courage and innovation in the midst of an industrial revolution.
