Swedish inventor and entrepreneur who founded a telegraph and telephone instrument repair workshop with his friend Carl Johan Andersson in central Stockholm in 1876, in a former kitchen of about 13 square meters. The workshop grew, after an 1883 partnership with Henrik Tore Cedergren, into the Ericsson telecommunications company. He retired from the firm in 1900. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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BirthplaceVarmskog, Varmland, Sweden 1 Defining ContributionFounded a telegraph and telephone repair workshop in Stockholm in 1876 that grew into the Ericsson telecommunications company bearing his name. 1 Connections
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Source Wikipedia, Lars Magnus Ericsson
Ericsson founded the telecommunications equipment maker that bears his name, beginning with telegraph and telephone instrument repair.
Source Wikipedia, Lars Magnus Ericsson
Companies Founded
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Companies Led
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WikipediaAssociated With: Entrepreneurship, lead sectionQuote, Associated With: Entrepreneurship, lead section
Lars Magnus Ericsson was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson.
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