Carl Rickard Nyberg (May 28, 1858, Arboga - 1939) was the founder of Max Sieverts Lödlampfabrik, then one of the largest industries in Sundbyberg. After school he started working for a jeweller and later he moved to Stockholm and worked with various metalworks. He later got work at J. E. Eriksons mekaniska verkstad (later renamed to "Mekanikus"). May 28 is the 148th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (149th in leap years). ... 1858 is a common year starting on Friday. ... Arboga is a Municipality in Västmanland County, in central Sweden. ... 1939 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sundbyberg is a Municipality in Stockholm County, in central Sweden. ...   Stockholm? is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ...

It was while working there that he formulated the idea of the blowtorch. He later worked on the idea and created a blowtorch with stong, directed heat and also with several safetey masures built in. He quit his work at Mekanikus in 1882 and set up a workshop at Luntmakargatan in Stockholm making blowtorches. It didn't work well because it took to long time to make and sell them. A blowtorch is a tool used in gas welding and metal cutting and brazing and sometimes in soldering. ... 1882 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

For a time he made a living selling rings supposedly for curing gout. In 1884 he moved his workshop to Sundbyberg. In 1886 he met Max Sievert at a country fair and Sivert became interested in Nyberg's blowtorch and started selling it. After encouragment by the owner of Sundbyberg går he started AB Alpha and after encouragement from L. M. Ericsson he started producing wire. 1884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) // Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Lars Magnus Ericsson (May 5, 1846 - December 17, 1926) was a Swedish inventor and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson (incorporated as Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson). ... A wire is a single, usually cylindrical, elongated strand of drawn metal. ...

After Primus started producing blowtorches he also decided to make paraffin oil/kerosene cookers. The first model, called Viktoria, wasn't very successful, but the later Svea did better. He delivered many to Russia and soon he produced 3000 per week. In 1906 the company was changed into a stock company. He was quite generous towards his workers and often gave them stock in the company. The workers became known as "Nybergs snobbar" (Nyberg's snobs) because they were generally better off than those who worked in other places. In 1922 the company was sold to Max Sievert who continued to own it until 1964 when it was bought by Esso. A small portable stove and its container A portable stove is a stove specially designed to be portable and lightweight, such as for camping. ... Paraffin is a common name for a group of high molecular weight alkane hydrocarbons with the general formula CnH2n+2, where n is greater than about 20, discovered by Carl Reichenbach. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1964 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... An Esso Station in Toronto Esso is an international trade name used by ExxonMobil and its related companies. ...

Nyberg also worked on many other inventions, for instance steam engines, aeroplanes, boat propellers and various other machines. He was most famous as an aviation pioneer and he became known as "Flyg-Nyberg". From 1897 and onward, outside his home in Lidingö he built and tested his Flugan (The Fly). It only managed a few short jumps and he was often ridiculed. The width was 5 meters, and the surface area of the wings was 13 m². The engine was a steam engine heated by four blowtorches and it produced 10 hp (7 kW) at 2000 rpm. The total weight of the plane is 80 kg. 1897 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Lidingö is a Municipality just east of Stockholm in central Sweden, with its main part located on the island Lidingö. It also consists of a few smaller islands in the surrounding, such as Fjäderholmarna, the nearest islands of the Stockholm archipelago. ... Photo from ca 1900. ...