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100 years of Vitaby carpentry factory
Nils Nilsson started a carpentry factory in Vitaby in 1917. He had previously worked at the sawmill in Kivik, and then took over the premises in Vitaby.
My father, Sven Algot Andersson, started as an apprentice in the factory in 1927. When the owner died in 1942, my father bought the factory and continued the business. In 1958, he renovated the factory and built a home next door for us.
It wen…
Contributors
- Sven-Ove Andersson
Subject
- Family business
- …
- Skilled workers
- Houses
- Industrial heritage
- Trade
- Industrial plants
- Craft workers
- Carpentry
- Woodworking
- House
Contributors
- Sven-Ove Andersson
Subject
- Family business
- …
- Skilled workers
- Houses
- Industrial heritage
- Trade
- Industrial plants
- Craft workers
- Carpentry
- Woodworking
- House
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Places
- Simrishamn Municipality
- Scania
- Skåne
- Skåne County
- Kivik
- Vitaby socken
- Skåne County
- Kiviks församling
- Sweden
- Vitaby socken
- Simrishamn Municipality
Identifier
- http://contribute.europeana.eu/contributions/6cd49d40-03ee-0138-3eb1-6eee0af72823
Language
- en
- eng
Is part of
- Europe at Work collection day, Kiviks Museum, 2019-12-07
Providing country
- Europe
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2019-12-19T10:15:26.495Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-02-02T08:44:42.776Z