Jonas Lidströmer [SEP] date of death
Jonas Lidströmer
Jonas Lidströmer (1755–1808) was a Swedish inventor and officer in the Swedish Navy.
Lidströmer was born in 1755 at Lagfors bruk, Medelpad, and died 1808 in Stockholm. Colonel-mecanicus, Head of the mechanical state of the Royal Swedish-Finnish Navy, Royal Inventor and adviser to the king, Knight of the Order of Vasa and finally knighted Lidströmer (was previously called Lidström).
Biography.
He was the son of inspector and co-owner of Lagfors bruk, Jonas Lidström the
architect Fredrik Blom was the adept of Jonas Lidströmer.
Perhaps he is mostly famous for the Obelisk at Slottsbacken adjacent to the Stockholm Palace and the construction of Norrbro (the bridge between the Royal Palace and the Opera in Stockholm, architect for the southern part, but leader for the construction of the northern as well). Jonas Lidströmer also erected the statue of king Gustav III, with its functional postament. He has also designed, constructed and built the famous Mast Crane at the Naval harbour of Karlskrona.
Jonas Lidströmer