Axel Wilhelm Eriksson

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Representation of Eriksson in the Vänersborg Museum

Axel Wilhelm Eriksson (born August 24, 1846 in Vänersborg ; † May 5, 1901 on the Urupupa farm, German South West Africa ) was a Swedish settler , trader , ornithologist and big game hunter in what is now Namibia .

When Eriksson came to what is now Namibia in 1866, he initially worked as an assistant to the trader Karl Johan Andersson and took over the business after his death in 1867. He traded mainly in ivory , ostrich feathers and fur between Angola and the Cape Colony . During this time he built up a large ornithological collection, which can now be seen mainly in the museum in his hometown .

In 1871 he founded a brewery in Omaruru with his compatriot Anders Ohlsson and Thure Een . In 1878 he had more than 40 white employees.

Eriksson was known as a supporter of the Dorsland Trekkers . He later settled on the Rietfontein farm near Grootfontein, in the Upingtonia republic founded by the trekkers .

Eriksson died on his Urupupa farm . His grave has been a Namibian National Monument since 1974 . The inscription on the tombstone suggests that Eriksson was a big game hunter.

Eriksson was married from 1871 to Frances Stewardson, with whom he had two sons. Axel Eriksson (1871-1924) was a well-known painter and died near Warmbad . Andrew Albert Eriksson (1876–1955) was a priest in Sweden. The only daughter from the marriage, Maud Alice Eriksson lived in England last. Eriksson was married to a princess of the OvaHerero , with whom he had a son Jakob, who later became a farmer in what is now Mozambique .

See also

literature

  • Peter Johannson: The Trader King of Damaraland Axel Eriksson , Gamsberg Macmillan, Windhoek 2007.
  • Ione and Jalmar Rudner: Axel Wilhelm Eriksson of Hereroland (1864–1901) , Gamsberg Macmillan, 2006.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b 065/1974 Grave of Axel W Eriksson. National Heritage Council. Retrieved October 31, 2017.
  2. ↑ Tor Sellström: Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa: Volume 1 . Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, Uppsala. 1999. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  3. ^ The Trader King of Damaraland Axel Eriksson; A Swedish Pioneer in Southern Africa . In: Namibiana . 2004. Archived from the original on March 7, 2008. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved December 9, 2019. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.namibiana.de
  4. ↑ Axel Wilhelm Eriksson's Bat Hawk Machaerhampus alcinus anderssonii. , in: Lanioturdus, issue 43 (1), 2010, Namibia Bird Club.
  5. ↑ G Christison: BEYOND THE PALE: DAMARALAND & OVAMBOLAND . Retrieved on November 19, 2009 Template: dead link /! ... nourl ( page no longer available )
  6. ^ Klaus Dierks : Chronology of Namibian History. From Pre-historical Times to Independent Namibia, 1901 . klausdierks.com. January 2005. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. ↑ Landscape and WildlifeArtists (pdf) Archived from the original on July 6, 2011. Retrieved on December 9, 20919.
personal data
SURNAME Eriksson, Axel Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish ornithologist, big game hunter and trader
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1846
PLACE OF BIRTH Vanersborg , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1901
Place of death Urupupa, German South West Africa