Tag: Industrial Revolution
Sverker Sörlin
Sverker Sörlin is an award-winning author and professor of environmental history at the Royal Institute of Technology. For a long time, Sverker Sörlin has also been part of the Swedish cultural debate as a writer in Dagens Nyheter, among others. He has written a number of books, mainly in the field of the history of […]
Here is the hidden ice that started Norrland’s green revolution
Carl-Erik Lagercrantz, together with his business partners, has invested, collected and planned for investments of more than SEK 100 billion in northern Norrland. He wants to fight the climate crisis “with commercial solutions”. So far, he has, among other things, started Europe’s largest battery factory – Northvolt in Skellefteå, where Léa Montin works. Now he […]
Chana is recruiting for the Green Revolution
100,000 people are estimated to move to northern Norrland within the next 15 years. Chana Svensson has already taken the step and left her legal career in Washington for love in Luleå. Now she will recruit the people who will make Sweden a leader in global climate change. At the same time, she struggles with […]
Modernizing mogul modeled us at Manchester and made Marmokirken magnificent
Carl Frederik Tietgen, often called Denmark’s biggest business mogul, was almost solely responsible for bringing Denmark into the industrial age. Today, his business legacy lives on in companies such as DFDS, Tuborg, GN Store Nord and Danisco, as well as the magnificent Marble Church, which he was responsible for completing. But who was this business […]
