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'''Margaretha Donner''', née Anna Margaretha Lyhtberg, ([[11 February]] [[1726]] in [[Visby]]- [[24 September]] [[1774]] in Visby), was a Swedish buissness person. |
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'''Anna Margaretha "Greta" Donner''' ([[Birth name|née]] '''Lyhtberg'''; 11 February 1726 – 24 September 1774) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] businessperson. She was known as "Donner Mum", "Madam Donner", and "Madam Herr Donner" ("Milady Lord Donner"). |
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Born to merchantss Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, she was given a good education and was active as her fathers assistant. In 1744, she married German merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from [[Lübeck]]: the settled in Visby on Gotland in 1746, and had four children. They bought a building which is know known as ”The Donner House”, on a square called ”Donners place”, were they founded an empire of import and export with Germany and Great Britain. She took care of the accounts. She became a widow in 1751, and took over the business. She made herself responsible for the export, and created a merchant fleet with twenty ships. She also founded a factory on Gotland. She was appreciated by her employees, and called ”Donner Mum” by some, and ”Madam Donner” by others: some business-partners could not imagine a woman as head of such a big business empire, and by them she was sometimes called ”Mr Madam Donner”. She helped her two sons start their own business, but did not allow them any influence in her affairs. She did not make them acquainted with the main business until she had tuberculosis, a terminal illness in these days. She died of tuberculosis in 1774. The Donner empire became bigger under her sons, who also included their wives in their work. It was bankrupted in 1845. |
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Born in [[Visby]], [[Sweden]] to [[merchant]]s Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, Greta was given a good education and was active as her father's business assistant. She had six siblings, but only two of them lived to adulthood. |
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In 1744, she married the [[Germans|German]] merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from [[Lübeck]]. Greta was constantly pregnant during her marriage, giving birth to five children in just six years, although only two of them survived infancy, namely Georg Mathias and Jacob Niclas. She and her husband settled in [[Visby]] on [[Gotland]] in 1746; they bought a building, where they founded an empire of import and export with [[Holy Roman Empire|Germany]] and [[Great Britain]]. The building is now known as ”The Donner House”, and the [[Town square|square]] by which the building is located was to be known as ”Donner's place”. Greta was the company's accountant. |
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When she became a widow in 1751 at the age of just 25, she took sole control over the business as director. She made herself responsible for the export and created a merchant fleet with twenty ships. She also founded a factory on Gotland. She was appreciated by her employees and was called ”Donner Mum” by some and ”Madam Donner” by others: some of her German business-partners could not imagine a woman as the head of such a big business empire, and they sometimes called her "Madam Herr Donner" ("Milady Lord Donner"). |
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She helped her two sons start their own business, but she did not allow them any influence in her own affairs, and she did not acquaint them with the main business until after she acquired [[tuberculosis]], of which she died at Visby in 1774. The Donner empire expanded under her sons Georg and Jacob, both of whom included their wives in their work, but the business eventually went bankrupt in 1845. |
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Latest revision as of 12:43, 4 November 2024
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Anna Margaretha "Greta" Donner (née Lyhtberg; 11 February 1726 – 24 September 1774) was a Swedish businessperson. She was known as "Donner Mum", "Madam Donner", and "Madam Herr Donner" ("Milady Lord Donner").
Life
[edit]Born in Visby, Sweden to merchants Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, Greta was given a good education and was active as her father's business assistant. She had six siblings, but only two of them lived to adulthood.
In 1744, she married the German merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from Lübeck. Greta was constantly pregnant during her marriage, giving birth to five children in just six years, although only two of them survived infancy, namely Georg Mathias and Jacob Niclas. She and her husband settled in Visby on Gotland in 1746; they bought a building, where they founded an empire of import and export with Germany and Great Britain. The building is now known as ”The Donner House”, and the square by which the building is located was to be known as ”Donner's place”. Greta was the company's accountant.
When she became a widow in 1751 at the age of just 25, she took sole control over the business as director. She made herself responsible for the export and created a merchant fleet with twenty ships. She also founded a factory on Gotland. She was appreciated by her employees and was called ”Donner Mum” by some and ”Madam Donner” by others: some of her German business-partners could not imagine a woman as the head of such a big business empire, and they sometimes called her "Madam Herr Donner" ("Milady Lord Donner").
She helped her two sons start their own business, but she did not allow them any influence in her own affairs, and she did not acquaint them with the main business until after she acquired tuberculosis, of which she died at Visby in 1774. The Donner empire expanded under her sons Georg and Jacob, both of whom included their wives in their work, but the business eventually went bankrupt in 1845.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- Herr Madam Donner - Uppsats(in Swedish)
- Donnerska huset i Visby(in Swedish)
- Boken om Gotland - Andra delen, 1945, AB Sylve Norrbys Bokhandel(in Swedish)
- Gotland 1500-1900, ett särtryck ur Den svenska historien, Gotlands Fornsal(in Swedish)
- Lingegård Ingeborg, 1985, Gotländska föregångskvinnor, Taurus förlag(in Swedish)
- Svahnström Gunnar, 1984, Visby under tusen år, Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB(in Swedish)
- Öhman Roger, 1994, Vägen till Gotlands historia, Visby, Gotlands Fornsal/Gotlands Läromedelscentral(in Swedish)