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Nyberg, Henry
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1872-[after 1948]
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Henry Nyberg, Swedish engineer and car manufacturer, was born on September 11, 1872 in Helvi, Gotland, Sweden and left Sweden for the United States, arriving in Chicago, Illinois in January, 1896. He was first president of the Swedish Engineers' Society of Chicago, founded in 1908. In 1913, he went to Kitchener, Ontario to run a factory for the Regal Motor Car Company, and there he started the Dominion Truck Equipment Company. In 1919, he moved to England, where he started the Four Wheel Drive Lorry Company. He retired to Sweden in 1932.
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Created JSB September 2019
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Waterloo Region Generations https://generations.regionofwaterloo.ca