Carl Kempe
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 8 December 1884||||||||||||||
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Died | 8 July 1967 Enköping, Sweden | (aged 82)||||||||||||||
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Johan Carl Kempe (8 December 1884 – 8 July 1967) was leader of the
Biography
Carl Kempe was born at Jakobs församling in
Carl Kempe had studied abroad and followed his father on business trips in foreign countries. He succeeded his father as CEO of Mo och Domsjö in 1917. The company he took over from his father had retained many traits of a traditional lumber producer. During the 1920s, technical advances in the wood industry had begun and were carried out on a large scale. Chemical laboratories were established and extensive wood research was initiated. Through large investments in research and development, Carl Kempe was chiefly responsible for its transformation into a modern chemical industry.[2]
Kempe himself claimed that he spent his time at university in Uppsala mostly with playing tennis, attending dancing lessons and playing cards; the first of these pastimes, at least, led to his winning a tennis silver medal at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm in the men's indoor doubles event together with Gunnar Setterwall (1881-1928).[5][6]
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In 1917, Carl Kempe bought Ekolsund Manor at Enköping Municipality in Uppsala County. During the period 1928–1930, he had the southern lane restored and modernized according to drawings by actor, art director and architect Vilhelm Bryde (1888-1974). The estate was used as a residence for his family. He had shown an interest in Chinese art since the 1920s and filled the manor house with Chinese artifacts. Shortly before his death in 1967, Kempe left Ekolsund to the daughters of his second marriage. [7][8]
Personal life
Carl Kempe married Helfrid Ingeborg Margareta Hammarberg (1885-1975) in 1919. He was married in 1934 to Aagot Marianne Axell. He was the father of five children. He died during 1967 at Enköping in Uppsala County.
See also
References
- ^ "Carl Kempe". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ a b Carl Kempe. Swedish Olympic Committee
- ^ "Frans C Kempe". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "History". Holmen Group. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Gunnar Setterwall". olympic.org. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Carl Kempe". Olympedia. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Ekolsund". slottsguiden.info/. Archived from the original on 2018-09-16. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
- ^ "Christie's Asia Week in New York". thevalue.com. Retrieved October 1, 2020.
Bibliography
- Gunnar Unger, "Kempe, Johan Carl", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, Vol. 21 (1975–1977), pp. 58–60External links
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