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Fredrik Idestam

1838 - 1916

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Knut Fredrik Idestam (28 October 1838, Tyrväntö, Grand Duchy of Finland – 8 April 1916, Helsinki, Grand Duchy of Finland) was a Finnish mining engineer and businessman, best known as a founder of Nokia. In May 1865, Idestam obtained a permit to construct a groundwood paper mill at Tampere, Finland. The mill began operations in 1866. In 1871, Idestam and Leo Mechelin founded Nokia Ltd. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fredrik Idestam is the 199th most popular businessperson (down from 159th in 2019), the 62nd most popular biography from Finland (down from 55th in 2019) and the most popular Finnish Businessperson.

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Among businesspeople, Fredrik Idestam ranks 199 out of 847. Before him are Fusajiro Yamauchi, Hetty Green, Éleuthère Irénée du Pont, Ben Bradlee, Salomon Mayer von Rothschild, and Thomas J. Watson. After him are Lee Iacocca, Peter Sauber, Peter Thiel, Ludvig Nobel, Theodor de Bry, and Roy Raymond.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1838, Fredrik Idestam ranks 33. Before him are 11th Dalai Lama, Konstanty Kalinowski, James Craig Watson, Marià Fortuny, Ōkuma Shigenobu, and William Henry Perkin. After him are Jean-Paul Laurens, Jules Brunet, Ludwig Gumplowicz, Gustav von Schmoller, Edwin Abbott Abbott, and George William Hill. Among people deceased in 1916, Fredrik Idestam ranks 55. Before him are Thibaw Min, Torakusu Yamaha, Antonio Sant'Elia, Joseph Gallieni, Hetty Green, and Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach. After him are Ōyama Iwao, Thomas Eakins, Max Immelmann, Paolo Tosti, Oswald Boelcke, and Herbert Kilpin.

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In Finland

Among people born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 62 out of 751. Before him are Peter Forsskål (1732), Hannu Mikkola (1942), Marco Hietala (1966), Georg Henrik von Wright (1916), Aimo Cajander (1879), and Tarja Turunen (1977). After him are Tom of Finland (1920), Lasse Virén (1949), Eino Leino (1878), Ville Ritola (1896), Eero Saarinen (1910), and Leif Segerstam (1944).

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Among BUSINESSPEOPLE In Finland

Among businesspeople born in Finland, Fredrik Idestam ranks 1. After him are Jorma Ollila (1950), and Michael Widenius (1962).

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