Nils Ericson

Statue of Nils Ericson in front of Stockholm Central Station

Nils Ericson (31 January 1802 – 8 September 1870) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, like his brother, John Ericsson. Nils Ericson, born in Långbanshyttan, Värmland, Sweden, was knighted by king Oscar I of Sweden in 1854, which made him revert to a spelling of his surname with only one "s". In 1859 he was made baron. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (734x1068, 520 KB) Nils Ericson, portrait painted by Troili. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (734x1068, 520 KB) Nils Ericson, portrait painted by Troili. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 454 KB) Staty utanför Stockholms Central. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (2272x1704, 454 KB) Staty utanför Stockholms Central. ... Stockholm Central Station The Waiting Hall at Stockholm C Stockholm Central Station (Stockholm C) is the largest railway station in Sweden. ... January 31 is the 31st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... --69. ... September 8 is the 251st day of the year (252nd in leap years). ... 1870 (MDCCCLXX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... An inventor is a person who creates new inventions, typically technical devices such as mechanical, electrical or software devices or methods. ... Mechanics (Greek ) is the branch of physics concerned with the behaviour of physical bodies when subjected to forces or displacements, and the subsequent effect of the bodies on their environment. ... Look up engineer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... John Ericsson (1803-1889) John Ericsson (July 31, 1803 – March 8, 1889) was a Swedish inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother, Nils Ericson. ... The LÃ¥ngban blast furnace, 2004 LÃ¥ngban is a mining area in Värmland in Sweden. ... â–¶(?) is a historical province or landskap in the west of middle Sweden. ... Oscar I, born Joseph François Oscar Bernadotte (July 4, 1799, Paris–July 8, 1859, Stockholm), was King of Sweden and Norway from 1844 to his death. ... 1854 (MDCCCLIV) was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1859 (MDCCCLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar). ... Baron is a specific title of nobility or a more generic feudal qualification. ...

John's and Nils' father Olof Ericsson, who worked as the supervisor for a mine in Värmland, had lost money in speculations and had to move his family from Wermelandia to Forsvik in 1810. There he worked as a director of blastings during the excavation of the Swedish Göta Canal. The extraordinary skills of the two brothers were discovered by Baltzar von Platen, the architect of the Göta Canal. The two brothers were dubbed cadets of mechanics of the Royal Navy and engaged as trainees at the canal enterprise. The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view. ... 1810 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Bergs slussar (locks) at Berg near Linköping, descending to lake Roxen Göta Kanal is a Swedish canal constructed in the early 19th century. ... Baltzar von Platen Count Baltzar Bogislaus von Platen (1766-1829), a Swedish naval officer and statesman, born May 29, 1766 on the island of Rügen to Filip Julius Bernhard von Platen, Field Marshal and the Swedish Governor General of Pomerania, and Regina Juliana von Ysedom. ... The Swedish Navy (Swedish Marinen) is the naval branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. ...

In 1823 he joined the Engineering corps of the Swedish Army as a second lieutenant, but in 1830 he transferred to the Mechanics corps of the Royal Navy where he, in 1850, had advanced to the rank of colonel. Between 1830 and 1850 Nils Ericson planned and directed the construction of the canals at Stallbacka, Säffle, Karlstad and Albrektsund. He also led the construction of the Saima canal in Finland and the reconstruction of the canal at Trollhättan and the floodgate at Stockholm. After 1850 he was primarily occupied with the design and construction of the Swedish state owned railway system. At the same time he led planing of the canal in Dalsland while construction there was being led by his son Werner Ericson. 1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Swedish Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Säffle is a Municipality in Värmland County, in west central Sweden. ... Karlstad [kɑːɭstɑː(d)] is a City and Municipality in Värmland County, in mid-western Sweden. ... The page covers both the municipality and the town Trollhättan Waterfalls in Trollhättan Trollhättan Municipality is a Municipality in western Sweden where the City Trollhättan is the seat. ... Tokyo floodgates to protect from typhoon surges. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... is a Swedish province (landskap) in the south west of Sweden. ...

There is a statue of him outside the central railway station in Stockholm and the Nils Ericson Terminal at the central railway station in Gothenburg is named after him. Passengers bustle around the typical grand edifice of Londons Broad Street station in 1865. ...   (IPA: ; UN/LOCODE: SE STO) is the capital of Sweden, and consequently the site of its Government and Parliament as well as the residence of the Swedish head of state, King Carl XVI Gustaf. ... The Nils Ericson Terminal is the major bus terminal in Gothenburg, Sweden. ... Gothenburg (Swedish:  ) ) is a city and municipality in the province Västergötland on the west-coast of Sweden. ...