Stefan Anderson
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Master craftsman
A master craftsman or master tradesman was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only masters were allowed to be members of the guild....
watchmaker decorated with badges of chivalric order
Chivalric order
Chivalric orders are societies and fellowships of knights that have been created by European monarchs in imitation of the military orders of the Crusades...
s by the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway and the President of Finland.
He published articles and a whole series of trade papers, often using the pseudonym
Pseudonym
A pseudonym is a name that a person assumes for a particular purpose and that differs from his or her original orthonym...
Stander, and was instrumental in organizing watchmakers and craftsmen into permanent trade organizations in Scandinavia and Germany, which he then chaired, in terms of service lasting many years. He is considered the most important industrial organizer in his field in the history of his country and had a watchmaker's college named for him in Borensberg, Sweden.
Ludvika Town Hall
Ludvika Town Hall
Ludvika Town Hall is the official Municipal Council building for the City of Ludvika in Dalarna County, Sweden. Situated centrally, the town hall is found in the corner of Bangatan and Dan Anderssons gata, opposite Ludvika Ulrica, the local parish church...
has a clock designed and installed by Anderson in its tower since the building was dedicated in 1938 (mechanism replaced in 2004).
Anderson and his wife Ragnhild toured New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas in May 1955 and he was given a VIP tour of the Elgin National Watch Company. A daughter was Birgit Ridderstedt
Birgit Ridderstedt
Birgit Ridderstedt was a Swedish-American folk singer and cultural ambassador who appeared at festivals and on television in the 1950s and early 1960s with material she produced herself.-Background:...
, who with her family hosted the Anderson couple's stay in the Midwest.
A Swedish gold medal given for valor in the interest of trade-crafts bears Anderson's likeness and name.