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'''Anna ''Margaretha'' Donner''', née ''Anna Margaretha Lyhtberg'', ([[11 February]] [[1726]] in [[Visby]]- [[24 September]] [[1774]] in Visby), was a Swedish buissness person. Known as Donner Mum, Madam Donner, Mr Madame Donner. |
'''Anna ''Margaretha'' Donner''', née ''Anna Margaretha Lyhtberg'', ([[11 February]] [[1726]] in [[Visby]]- [[24 September]] [[1774]] in Visby), was a Swedish buissness person. Known as ''Donner Mum'', ''Madam Donner'', and ''Mr Madame Donner''. |
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Born to merchants Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, she was given a good education, and was active as her fathers buisness assistant. In 1744, she married the German merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from [[Lübeck]]. They settled in [[Visby]] on [[Gotland]] in 1746, and had four children. They bought a building in Visby were 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: ”Donners place”. Margaretha was the company's accountant. When she became a widow in 1751, 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 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 to start their own business, but she did not allow them any influence in her own affairs, and she did not make them acquainted with the main business before she had [[tuberculosis]], a terminal illness in that age. She died of tuberculosis in 1774. The Donner empire expanded under her sons, who also included their wives in their work. It was bankrupted in 1845. |
Born to merchants Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, she was given a good education, and was active as her fathers buisness assistant. In 1744, she married the German merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from [[Lübeck]]. They settled in [[Visby]] on [[Gotland]] in 1746, and had four children. They bought a building in Visby were 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: ”Donners place”. Margaretha was the company's accountant. When she became a widow in 1751, 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 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 to start their own business, but she did not allow them any influence in her own affairs, and she did not make them acquainted with the main business before she had [[tuberculosis]], a terminal illness in that age. She died of tuberculosis in 1774. The Donner empire expanded under her sons, who also included their wives in their work. It was bankrupted in 1845. |
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Anna Margaretha Donner, née Anna Margaretha Lyhtberg, (11 February 1726 in Visby- 24 September 1774 in Visby), was a Swedish buissness person. Known as Donner Mum, Madam Donner, and Mr Madame Donner.
Born to merchants Mathias Lythberg and Johanna Wihadi, she was given a good education, and was active as her fathers buisness assistant. In 1744, she married the German merchant Jürgen Hinrich Donner from Lübeck. They settled in Visby on Gotland in 1746, and had four children. They bought a building in Visby were 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: ”Donners place”. Margaretha was the company's accountant. When she became a widow in 1751, 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 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 to start their own business, but she did not allow them any influence in her own affairs, and she did not make them acquainted with the main business before she had tuberculosis, a terminal illness in that age. She died of tuberculosis in 1774. The Donner empire expanded under her sons, who also included their wives in their work. It was bankrupted in 1845.
References
See also
Literature
- Boken om Gotland - Andra delen, 1945, AB Sylve Norrbys Bokhandel
- Gotland 1500-1900, ett särtryck ur Den svenska historien, Gotlands Fornsal
- Lingegård Ingeborg, 1985, Gotländska föregångskvinnor, Taurus förlag
- Svahnström Gunnar, 1984, Visby under tusen år, Almqvist & Wiksell Förlag AB
- Öhman Roger, 1994, Vägen till Gotlands historia, Visby, Gotlands Fornsal/Gotlands Läromedelscentral