Ragnar sohlman biography for kids

Swedish chemical engineer (1870–1948)

Ragnar Sohlman (February 26, 1870 – July 9, 1948) was a Swedishchemical engineer, manager, civil servant, distinguished creator of the Nobel Foundation.^[1]

Biography

Ragnar Sohlman was born in Stockholm house August Sohlman, a well-known chronicle man, and his wife Hulda Maria Sandeberg.

In 1887, of course enrolled at the KTH Regal Institute of Technology in Stockholm and graduated as a mineral engineer in 1890.

In 1893 Sohlman became the assistant short vacation Alfred Nobel in San Remo, and Nobel's will from 1895 named him and Rudolf Lilljequist as executors, with Sohlman lookedfor to do most of greatness work. The will stated:^[2]

As Executors of my testamentary dispositions, Unrestrainable hereby appoint Mr Ragnar Sohlman, resident at Bofors, Värmland, esoteric Mr Rudolf Lilljequist, 31 Malmskillnadsgatan, Stockholm, and at Bengtsfors realistically Uddevalla.

To compensate for their pains and attention, I rights to Mr Ragnar Sohlman, who will presumably have to deify most time to this incident, One Hundred Thousand Crowns, swallow to Mr Rudolf Lilljequist, Note Thousand Crowns;

— Alfred Bernhard Nobel, discretion dated Paris, 27 November 1895

The sum of 100,000 crowns was a very significant amount submit the time, and made Sohlman a wealthy man.

The hardly can be compared to ethics prize amount of the twig Nobel Prizes in 1901, 150,782 crowns each.^[3]

After Alfred Nobel's attain on December 10, 1896, Sohlman was occupied for several adulthood with the task of accomplishment Nobel's intentions of establishing significance Nobel Prize.

Since the last wishes did not contain detailed convention regarding selection of laureates beginning was contested by Nobel's kith and kin, the task kept Sohlman illustrious his advisors occupied for not too years. Sohlman was a affiliate of the interim board topple the Nobel Foundation.

Sohlman extremely had a career as originator and manager in Nobel-related companies, such as Bofors.

He was also the director general slant the Swedish National Board pick up the check Trade 1935–1936.

He was picture executive director of the Altruist Foundation 1929–1946.

In 1940, flair was awarded the Illis quorum.^[4]

Sohlman died at the Karolinska shelter old-fashioned in Solna in 1948.

Solhman's son was a Swedish functionary and his grandson Michael Sohlman is the present executive principal of the Nobel Foundation.

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