Hjalmar Lundbohm

Johan Olof Hjalmar Lundbohm (25 April 1855 – 4 April 1926) was a Swedish geologist and chemist and the first managing director of LKAB (Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag) in Kiruna.

[1][2] He made a strong contribution to the design of the new community of Kiruna in Lapland.

[3] Hjalmar Lundbohm was born in Ödeborg parish in Dalsland, Sweden.

Lundbohm graduated in 1877 in technical chemistry and road and water construction at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

In 1898 Lundbohm got a job as site manager at Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB) based in Kiruna.