Claes Grill | |
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Born | Claes Grill 19 April 1705 Stockholm, Sweden |
Died | 6 November 1767 Stockholm, Sweden | (aged 62)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Merchant, factory owner, ship-owner |
Organization | Swedish East India Company |
Spouse | Anna Johanna Grill |
Children | Adolf Ulric Grill Anna Johanna |
Relatives | Grill family |
Website | ostindiska |
Claes Grill (sometimes spelt Claës Grill; 19 April 1705 – 6 November 1767) was a Swedish merchant, factory owner and ship-owner. He was director of the Grill Trading House, one of the leading companies in the East India trade through the Swedish East India Company (SOIC). The trading house also ran a banking business and owned several ironworks in Sweden. Grill also owned several estates, was interested in natural science and had a brief and unsuccessful political career.