Fredrik Idestam

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Fredrik Idestam was a Finnish mining engineer and industrialist best known for founding the company that would become Nokia.

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Nokia 0
Helsinki 0
Tampere 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
industrialist
mining engineer
birthDate 1838-10-28
burialPlace Hietaniemi Cemetery, Helsinki
businessActivity paper industry
wood pulp production
coFoundedWith Leo Mechelin
country Finland
Finland
countryOfCitizenship Grand Duchy of Finland
Russian Empire
deathDate 1916-04-08
educatedAt Helsinki University of Technology
era 19th century
early 20th century
ethnicGroup Finnish people
familyName Idestam
fieldOfWork forestry industry
mining engineering
pulp and paper industry
founded Nokia
pulp mill in Nokia
pulp mill in Tampere
founder Fredrik Idestam self-linksurface differs
givenName Fredrik
hasNationality Finnish
inception 1865
industry forest industry
telecommunications precursor industry
languageSpoken Finnish
German
Swedish
memberOf Finnish business community
notableEvent established Nokia company in 1865
notableFor early industrialization of Finland
founding Nokia
notableWork founding Nokia company
occupation businessperson
industrialist
mining engineer
placeOfBirth Tampere
placeOfDeath Helsinki
residence Helsinki
BC Nokia
surface form: Nokia, Finland

Tampere
sexOrGender male

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Nokia founder Fredrik Idestam
Fredrik Idestam founder Fredrik Idestam self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Nokia