Lars Magnus Ericsson

Lars Magnus Ericsson was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson .

Lars Magnus was born in Vrmskog, Vrmland, and grew up in the small village of Vegerbol located between Karlstad and Arvika. At the age of 12, Ericssons father died forcing him to seek work as a miner. He worked until he had money enough to leave the village and move to Stockholm in 1867. He then worked for six years for an instrument maker named llers amp Co. who mainly created telegraph equipment. Because of his skills, he was given two state scholarships to study instrument making abroad between 1872 and 1875. One of the companies he worked at was Siemens amp Halske.

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