Bertil Östbo

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Bertil Östbo (born June 8, 1916 in Trollhättan ; † September 18, 2007 in Sweden ) was a Swedish entrepreneur and art patron in Linz and Upper Austria .

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Dipl.-Ing. After completing his studies, John David Bertil Östbo worked for eleven years as a chief engineer in large-scale Swedish industry before he began setting up his Bertil Östbo AG in 1954 and developing and supplying high-quality industrial and research products.

The close connection to VOEST and Linz also dates from this time , where he founded the Bertil Östbo Bruckner Foundation in 1974, administered by the City of Linz's cultural department.

In 1985, together with Ernst Balluf , he organized the major exhibition Brucknerland Austria in Södertälje (Sweden) with the participation of 25 visual artists.

In 1995 he established the first contacts between the city of Linz and the Swedish cities of Norrköping and Linköping , which eventually resulted in town twinning .

Bertil Östbo Bruckner Foundation

The purpose of the Bertil Östbo Bruckner Foundation is to intensify Bruckner care . Prizes are given to Austrian and international interpreters of compositions by Anton Bruckner, to Bruckner researchers and supporters of Bruckner's music, and attention is also paid to the Swedish-Austrian cultural exchange.

The foundation's board of trustees includes the mayor of the city of Linz, the governor of Upper Austria and the abbot of St. Florian Monastery .

So far, the foundation's award winners have been a.

The bearer of the Bertil Östbo Bruckner Medal is:

Honors

  • Honorary membership of the Mühlviertel artists' guild
  • Culture Medal of the City of Linz (1986)
  • Great Medal of the City of Linz (1992)
  • Ring of Honor of the City of Linz (1997)
  • Brucknerhaus Ring of Honor (2006)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sweden  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.ostbo.se  
  2. ↑ Bertil-Östbo Bruckner Foundation
  3. ^ Press release from the City of Linz
  4. ↑ History of the Zülow Group ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.zulow.at
  5. ↑ Linz partnerships (PDF; 719 kB)
  6. ↑ Award for Dr. Josef Ratzenböck
  7. ↑ Zülow Group  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.zulow.at  
personal data
SURNAME Östbo, Bertil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Östbo, Bertil John David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swedish entrepreneur and art patron in Linz and Upper Austria
DATE OF BIRTH June 8, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Trollhättan , Sweden
DATE OF DEATH September 18, 2007
Place of death Sweden