August Alexander Levón

This mill was the beginning of Vaasan & Vaasan, the biggest bakery business in Finland and the Baltic region, one of the largest crisp bread producers in the world and a significant Nordic producer of bake-off products.

He came to Vaasa at the age of 19 and started to work at a pharmacy.

He wanted to start his own pharmacy in the town but did not get the permission to do so.

[1] Levón went on to found a cotton factory and a shipping company.

His contribution to the industrial progress of Vaasa and Finland is very significant.

Sculpture of Levón at University of Vaasa , parts of which are housed in his 1856 cotton mill