Axel Ludvig Brostrom was the founder of what was at the time the largest shipping group in Sweden. Brostrom is regarded as the father of the modern Swedish mercantile marine.
During his youth Axel joined a shipping company and later he became an shipowner and captain in the inland (lake) shipping business. In 1865 Axel used a loan to purchase a wooden trading ketch named 'Mathilda.' This would lead to the founding of the Swedish shipping company Broström Lines.
Brostrom founded the Fern Steamship Company and built vessels for transporting iron ore the predecessors of the special ore carriers that later went into worldwide service.
His son Dan Broström became the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914–1917 and his grandson Tor Erland Broström was board chairman of Swedish American Line.
During his youth Axel joined a shipping company and later he became an shipowner and captain in the inland (lake) shipping business. In 1865 Axel used a loan to purchase a wooden trading ketch named 'Mathilda.' This would lead to the founding of the Swedish shipping company Broström Lines.
Brostrom founded the Fern Steamship Company and built vessels for transporting iron ore the predecessors of the special ore carriers that later went into worldwide service.
His son Dan Broström became the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914–1917 and his grandson Tor Erland Broström was board chairman of Swedish American Line.
Axel Ludvig Brostrom was the founder of what was at the time the largest shipping group in Sweden. Brostrom is regarded as the father of the modern Swedish mercantile marine.
During his youth Axel joined a shipping company and later he became an shipowner and captain in the inland (lake) shipping business. In 1865 Axel used a loan to purchase a wooden trading ketch named 'Mathilda.' This would lead to the founding of the Swedish shipping company Broström Lines.
Brostrom founded the Fern Steamship Company and built vessels for transporting iron ore the predecessors of the special ore carriers that later went into worldwide service.
His son Dan Broström became the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914–1917 and his grandson Tor Erland Broström was board chairman of Swedish American Line.
During his youth Axel joined a shipping company and later he became an shipowner and captain in the inland (lake) shipping business. In 1865 Axel used a loan to purchase a wooden trading ketch named 'Mathilda.' This would lead to the founding of the Swedish shipping company Broström Lines.
Brostrom founded the Fern Steamship Company and built vessels for transporting iron ore the predecessors of the special ore carriers that later went into worldwide service.
His son Dan Broström became the Swedish Naval Minister from 1914–1917 and his grandson Tor Erland Broström was board chairman of Swedish American Line.
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