Carl Gerard & Jean Bolinder, Bolinders Mekaniska verkstad (Bolinder's mechanical workshop)
The medal in the display case was issued in 1895. The obverse (front) shows the two brothers Carl Gerard and Jean Bolinder in profile with the inscription ‘CARL GERARD BOLINDER JEAN BOLINDER’ and the reverse (back) shows two allegorical figures and the inscription ‘TO THE MEMORY OF THE BROTHERS’ DIVINE COOPERATION’. The medal is engraved by Lea Ahlborn (1826-1897).
In 1844, the two brothers Carl Gerard Bolinder (1818-1892) and Jean Bolinder (1813-1899) founded a mechanical workshop by Lake Klara at Flemminggatan 4 on Kungsholmen in Stockholm. They were inspired by industrial trips to Scotland and England. Carl Gerard was responsible for the workshop and Jean for the management of the company.
By the end of the 19th century, the company had become one of Sweden's largest industrial companies and in 1873 it also became a limited company. The workshop manufactured everything from steam engines and cast iron stoves to sawmills. The business was profitable and the brothers became wealthy. Among other things, Jean Bolinder built the Bolinder Palace on Blasieholmen in Stockholm.
In 1932, the company was divided, with the workshop part merging with Munktells Mekaniska verkstads AB in Eskilstuna and becoming AB Bolinder-Munktell. The factory part and production remained under the name Bolinder Fabriks AB and moved to Kallhäll. In Kallhäll, the production of dishwashers and household utensils continued. In 1956, Bolinders was bought by AB Svenska Maskinverken. Finally, the entire business was taken over by Götaverken Ångteknik AB in 1979 and moved to Gothenburg.
)Object number: 703880_KMK
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