Ahlström-Gullichsen family
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The Ahlström family is a Finnish
family of industrialists, designer
s and artist
s. They are known for being the founding family behind the Ahlstrom
Corporation and for their cooperation with Alvar Aalto
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
family of industrialists, designer
Designer
A designer is a person who designs. More formally, a designer is an agent that "specifies the structural properties of a design object". In practice, anyone who creates tangible or intangible objects, such as consumer products, processes, laws, games and graphics, is referred to as a...
s and artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s. They are known for being the founding family behind the Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom
Ahlstrom is a Finnish wood processing firm and a global manufacturer of specialty papers and nonwoven materials, using natural and synthetic fibers to produce roll goods for customers who turn them into hundreds of products. Ahlstrom's shares have been traded on the main list of the Helsinki Stock...
Corporation and for their cooperation with Alvar Aalto
Alvar Aalto
Hugo Alvar Henrik Aalto was a Finnish architect and designer. His work includes architecture, furniture, textiles and glassware...
Notable members
- Antti AhlströmAntti AhlströmAntti Ahlström founded the Ahlstrom Corporation. He was one of Finland's most influential and wealthy 19th century businessmen...
, founder of the A. Ahlström company - Eva Ahlström CEO of A. Ahlström, first female CEO in Finland
- Walter Ahlström, CEO of A. Ahlström, son of Antti
- Rafael Ahlström, son of Antti
- Wilhelm Ahlström, son of Antti
- Hans Ahlström, CEO of A. Ahlström
- Maire Gullichsen (née Ahlström, 1907–1990), daughter of Walter, founder of ArtekArtek (company)Artek is a Finnish furniture company. It was founded in December 1935 by architect Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino Aalto, visual arts promoter Maire Gullichsen and art historian Nils-Gustav Hahl. The founders chose a non-Finnish name, the neologism Artek was meant to manifest the desire to combine...
, resident at Villa MaireaVilla MaireaVilla Mairea is a villa, guest-house, and rural retreat designed and built by the Finnish modernist architect Alvar Aalto for Harry and Maire Gullichsen in Noormarkku, Finland.... - Harry Gullichsen, CEO of A. Ahlström, husband of Maire
- Krister Ahlström, CEO of A. Ahlström
- Kristian Valter GullichsenKristian GullichsenKristian Gullichsen is a Finnish architect. The son of Harry and Maire Gullichsen he was born into a family of industrialists, designers and artists....
(b. 1932), son of Harry & Maire, architect in the company Gullichsen Kairamo Vormala - Professor Johan Gullichsen, Chairman of the Board of Directors of A. Ahlström
- Alvar Gullichsen (b. 1961), artist known for his spoof Bonk BusinessBonk BusinessBonk Business is a fictional corporation created by Finnish artist and sculptor Alvar Gullichsen. The "products of Bonk Business" are absurd machines, such as the paranormal cannon, that have no apparent use, and which are built by Gullichsen. The story is that Bonk machines are powered by anchovy...
Inc. - Johanna Gullichsen, textile designer
- Sam Huber, musician and actor
External links
- Maire Gullichsen (1907–1990)
- Gullichsen Maire at the YLE site (in Finnish)
- Bonk Museum