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| death_place = [[Stockholm, Sweden]]
| known_for = [[Blowtorch]], [[aeroplane]]s
| education = Metal worker
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| nationality = Swedish
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'''Carl Richard Nyberg''' (28 May 1858 – 25 March 1939) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Nyberg was a pioneer in mechanical engineering. He received a patent for a blow lamp and was an aviation pioneer.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/Sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=8429 |title=Carl R Nyberg |website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
==Biography==
[[Image:Flugan Askrikefjärden.jpg|thumb|257px|C. R. Nyberg and his [[steam engine]] driven airplane "Flugan" (The Fly), on the ice of Askrikefjärden north of [[Lidingö Municipality|Lidingö]], Sweden.]]▼
Nyberg was born at [[Arboga]] in [[Västmanland]], Sweden. After school he started working for a jeweller<ref name=museet>{{Cite web |url=http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/nyberg/index.htm# |title=Sundbybergs Museum |access-date=2008-09-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080529202847/http://www.museet.se/historik/persona/nyberg/index.htm# |archive-date=2008-05-29 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and later he moved to [[Stockholm]] and worked with various metalworks. He later worked for Johan Erik Erikson (1838-1883) at J. E. Eriksons mekaniska verkstad.<ref name=museet/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15417 |title=Johan Erik Erikson |website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
[[Image:C R Flugan.jpg|thumb|257px|"Flugan" (The Fly) in a different version on the circular wooden track in his garden.]]▼
[[Image:Nyberg Tacka udden.JPG|thumb|257px|The waterfront hangar at [[Lidingö]], erected 1908, where C.R. Nyberg housed ''Flugan'' and now is a listed building. <br><small>Foto: Bengt Oberger</small>]]▼
In 1884 he moved his workshop to Sundbyberg. In 1886, he met Max Sievert (1849–1913) who had founded AB Sieverts Kabelverk in Sundbyberg. Sievert became interested in Nyberg's blowtorch and started selling it. Nyberg started AB Alpha and after encouragement from [[Lars Magnus Ericsson]] (1846–1926), founder of telephone equipment manufacturer [[Ericsson]], he started producing [[wire]].<ref name=museet/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=5904 |title=Maximilian (Max) F Sievert |website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://sok.riksarkivet.se/sbl/Presentation.aspx?id=15377 |title=Lars Magnus Ericsson |website=Svenskt biografiskt lexikon |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>
▲It was while working there that he formulated the idea of the [[blowtorch]]. He later worked on the idea and created a blowtorch with strong, directed heat and also with several safety measures built in. He quit his work at Mekanikus in 1882 and set up a workshop at Luntmakargatan in Stockholm making blowtorches. However the business didn't work well because it took too long to both manufacture and sell them. For a time he made a living selling rings supposedly for curing [[gout]].<ref name=museet/> In 1884 he moved his workshop to Sundbyberg. In 1886 he met Max Sievert at a country fair and Sievert became interested in Nyberg's blowtorch and started selling it. After encouragement by the owner of Sundbyberg gård he started [[AB Alpha]] and after encouragement from [[Lars Magnus Ericsson|L. M. Ericsson]] he started producing [[wire]].<ref name=museet/>
After [[portable stove#History|Primus]] started producing blowtorches he also decided to make [[Kerosene|paraffin oil/kerosene]] cookers. The first model, called ''Viktoria'', wasn't very successful, but the later ''Svea'' did better.<ref name=museet/> He delivered many to [[Russia]] and soon he produced 3000 per week. In 1906 the company was changed into a stock company. He was
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File:Täcka udden, Villa Nyberg, mars 2020a.jpg|C.R. Nyberg's villa at Täcka Udden, Lidingö, 2020.
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== References ==
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==Bibliography==
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*{{cite journal |last1=Jan |first1=Forsgren |title=Raising Steam: Carl Richard Nyberg & his Steam-Powered Flying-Machines, 1898–1912 |journal=The Aviation Historian |date=2023 |issue=43 |pages=48–55 |issn=2051-1930}}
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Carl Richard Nyberg | |
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Died | 25 March 1939 | (aged 80)
Nationality | Swedish |
Education | Metal worker |
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Known for | Blowtorch, aeroplanes |
Title | Engineer |
Carl Richard Nyberg (28 May 1858 – 25 March 1939) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. Nyberg was a pioneer in mechanical engineering. He received a patent for a blow lamp and was an aviation pioneer.[1]
Biography[edit]
Nyberg was born at Arboga in Västmanland, Sweden. After school he started working for a jeweller[2] and later he moved to Stockholm and worked with various metalworks. He later worked for Johan Erik Erikson (1838-1883) at J. E. Eriksons mekaniska verkstad.[2][3]
While working there he had the idea of the blowtorch. He later worked on the idea and created a blowtorch with strong, directed heat and with several safety measures. In 1882 he set up a workshop at Luntmakargatan in Stockholm making blowtorches. However the business didn't work well because it took too long to both manufacture and sell.[2]
In 1884 he moved his workshop to Sundbyberg. In 1886, he met Max Sievert (1849–1913) who had founded AB Sieverts Kabelverk in Sundbyberg. Sievert became interested in Nyberg's blowtorch and started selling it. Nyberg started AB Alpha and after encouragement from Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson, he started producing wire.[2][4][5]
After Primus started producing blowtorches he also decided to make paraffin oil/kerosene cookers. The first model, called Viktoria, wasn't very successful, but the later Svea did better.[2] He delivered many to Russia and soon he produced 3000 per week. In 1906 the company was changed into a stock company. He was generous to his workers and often gave them stock in the company.[2]
Nyberg worked on many other inventions including steam engines, aeroplanes and boat propellers. He was most known as an aviation pioneer. From 1897 and onward until around 1910, outside his home in Lidingö he built and tested his Flugan on a circular wood track in his garden and on the ice during the wintertime. He worked with the help of professor Johan Erik Cederblom (1834-1913) at KTH in the development of wing profiles but did not succeed to get Flugan in the air. He also designed and built his own wind tunnel in order to test of small wing models. Flugan had a wingspan of 5 meters, and the surface area of the wings was 13 m2. The engine was a steam engine of his own design, with a boiler heated by four of his blowtorches. It produced a maximum of 10 hp (7 kW) at 2000 rpm. The total weight of the plane was 80 kg.[6][7]
Images[edit]
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C.R. Nyberg and his steam engine driven airplane "Flugan" on the ice of Askrikefjärden north of Lidingö, Sweden.
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"Flugan" in a different version on the circular wooden track in his garden.
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The waterfront hangar at Lidingö, erected 1908, where C.R. Nyberg housed Flugan and now is a listed building.
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C.R. Nyberg's villa at Täcka Udden, Lidingö, 2020.
References[edit]
- ^ "Carl R Nyberg". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Sundbybergs Museum". Archived from the original on 2008-05-29. Retrieved 2008-09-07.
- ^ "Johan Erik Erikson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Maximilian (Max) F Sievert". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Lars Magnus Ericsson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Johan Erik Cederblom". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ "Carl-Rickard Nyberg og "Flugan"". Arlanda Flygsamlingars Vänner. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
Bibliography[edit]
- Jan, Forsgren (2023). "Raising Steam: Carl Richard Nyberg & his Steam-Powered Flying-Machines, 1898–1912". The Aviation Historian (43): 48–55. ISSN 2051-1930.