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Helge Palmcrantz
Swedish firearms designer
Helge Palmcrantz | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carl Helge Julius Palmcrantz ()July 7, Hammerdal, Sweden |
| Died | November 22, () (aged38) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Sweden |
| Occupation(s) | Inventor, Firearms designer |
| Spouse | Susanna Josephina Winborg |
Helge Palmcrantz (July 7, – November 22, ) was a Swedish inventor and industrialist.[1]
Biography
Palmcrantz was born at Hammerdal in Jämtland, Sweden.
He was the son of Per Gustaf Palmcrantz (–) and Lovisa Ulrika Nordenmark. His father was a captain in the Jämtland Ranger Regiment. He was enlisted as a cadet in his father's regiment, where he worked doing land surveying. After a couple of years he left the regiment to study at the Technological Institute of Stockholm, later known as KTH Royal Institute of Technology.
In partnership with his brother-in-law, Theodor Winborg (–), Palmcrantz founded a small workshop on Vollmar Yxkullsgatan 25, Södermalm, Stock