Ferdinand Grumme
Ferdinand Grumme (born April 20, 1829 in Harste in the Kingdom of Hanover , † 1900 in Stockholm ) was a Swedish-German soap and perfume manufacturer.
Life
Ferdinand Grumme began an apprenticeship in Göttingen at the age of 14 , which he continued two years later in Eisenach and completed another two years as a master craftsman. He then went to Magdeburg for a year and then to Europe's largest company A. Palis in Berlin . Eventually he became head of the famous JS Douglas Söhne soap and perfume factory in Hamburg , which exported to America and the West Indies.
Then he received a call to Sweden to set up a soap and perfume factory here. In February 1857 he went to the local ice cream factory Hylin & C. , where he was technical manager until 1880. In 1882 he founded his own company Grumme & Son with his sons Eduard and Albert and initially six employees in Stockholm's Östgötagatan 42. Through energetic work and intelligent management, he managed to bring his company to the forefront of its branch. From 1890 also were veneers made. The mouthwash "Stomatol", invented by the dentist Albin Lenhardtson (1861–1934) and whose antibacteriological effect against cholera , typhus and diphtheria was confirmed by Louis Pasteur and Robert Koch , was also produced.
Ferdinand Grumme was a member of the German Society in Stockholm . In 1909 his sons donated a church window in the German Church in Stockholm in memory of their father.
His son Albert ran the company until 1923, his grandson Carl-Eduard Grumme (1892–1977) until 1963.
literature
- Herman A. Ring: Sveriges industri - dess stormän och befrämjare . Stockholm 1894-1907, part 2, pp. 189-191. ( Digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grumme, Ferdinand |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish-German soap and perfume manufacturer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1829 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Harste |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1900 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |