Vilhelm Westrup
Johan Vilhelm Magnus Westrup (born May 13, 1862 in Lund ; † September 11, 1939 ) was a businessman, industrialist and member of the Reichstag. He was married to Gudrun Juel-Westrup (1866–1948), the sister of the Norwegian writer Dagny Juel and the adoptive father of the diplomat Zenon P. Westrup , the son of Dagny Juel.
Life
From 1880 Westrup received training at the Frans Schartaus Handelsinstitut in Stockholm , graduated from high school in 1882 and began a business degree in Hamburg . Very early on he became a partner in his father's company in Lund. He focused his activities primarily on the sugar industry sector. In 1886 he founded a sugar factory in Lund. After founding a sugar factory in Svedala , he took over another one in Karlshamn . In 1907 he was one of the co-founders of Svenska Sockerfabriks AB , where he served on the board.
Westrup was active as a director or chairman of the board in numerous industrial, communication and agricultural companies. He was the initiator of Sydsvenska kredit AB and the Arbitration Commission for Trade, Industry and Shipping in Skåne . He was also director of the Skåne Chamber of Commerce and Industry and from 1902 to 1904 a member of the Sugar Tax Committee.
Westrup was elected to the Lund City Council in 1893. In 1906 he became a member of the Landsting . He was also an elected member of the first board of directors of the Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund (German: Science Society ), founded in 1920, and in the same year he became chairman of the Kulturhistoriska föreningen ( German cultural historical association ). In the mid-1920s, he withdrew from these activities and instead worked on the Rydsgård estate in Skurup, which he acquired in 1903 .
Westrup became a member of the First Chamber of the Swedish Reichstag for the Conservative Party ( Allmänna Valmansförbundet ) in 1919 . In 1923 he laid down the presidency of the Kulturhistoriska föreningen .
literature
- Westrup, Johan Vilhelm Magnus . In: Theodor Westrin, Ruben Gustafsson Berg, Eugen Fahlstedt (eds.): Nordisk familjebok konversationslexikon och realencyklopedi . 2nd Edition. tape 32 : Werth – Väderkvarn . Nordisk familjeboks förlag, Stockholm 1921, Sp. 88 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
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| SURNAME | Westrup, Vilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Westrup, Johan Vilhelm Magnus (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish industrialist, politician, member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lund |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 11, 1939 |