Nils Ericson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nils Ericson

Swedish businessman

Date of Birth: 31-Jan-1802

Place of Birth: Långban, Värmland County, Sweden

Date of Death: 08-Sep-1870

Profession: military personnel, engineer, mechanical engineer, civil engineer

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Friherre Nils Ericson (31 January 1802 – 8 September 1870) was a Swedish mechanical engineer (as was his younger brother John Ericsson, who emigrated to England and then the USA).
He became a prominent Swedish canal and railway builder. Born Nils Ericsson, he was raised to the untitled nobility by king Oscar I of Sweden in 1854, and with this he reverted to a spelling of his surname with only one "s".
In 1859 he was made a Friherre (equivalent to English Baron), the 403rd such elevation to Sweden's titled nobility.