Bruno V. Nordberg

Bruno V. Nordberg, (April 11, 1857 – October 30, 1924) was a Finnish Swedish engineer that emigrated to the United States and founded the Nordberg Manufacturing Company.[1][2][3]

Bruno V. Nordberg
Born( 1857-04-11)April 11, 1857
Helsinki, Finland
DiedOctober 30, 1924(1924-10-30) (aged 67)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Alma materHelsinki University of Technology
OccupationEngineer, entrepreneur, inventor
Known forFounded Nordberg Manufacturing Company

Nordberg studied 1875-1879 at Polytekniska skolan in Helsinki, Finland (later Helsinki University of Technology).

After his studies he immigrated to the USA in 1879 and started working in 1880 at the E.P. Allis Company in Milwaukee. He founded his own company, the Bruno V. Nordberg Company in 1886. The company manufactured a cutoff governor for steam engines Nordberg had invented. In 1890, it moved to a larger facility under the Nordberg Manufacturing Company name.[4]

References
  1. Finlandssvenska tekniker, Band I. Helsinki, Finland. 1923.
  2. "Bruno V. Nordberg". projektfredrika.fi. Retrieved 2022-03-15.
  3. "Bruno Victor Nordberg (1857-1924) - Find a Grave..." www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
  4. "The Milwaukee Sentinel - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26.


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