Ole Gabriel Gabrielsen Kverneland (29 May 1854 – 11 May 1941) was a Norwegian ploughsmith and factory owner.
He was particularly impressed and inspired by an automatic hammer installed in a factory at Eskilstuna in Södermanland County, Sweden .
[1] The Jæren Line had opened in 1878, the year before the startup of the factory, and boats were used to cross Frøylandsvatnet to reach Klepp stasjon, the village that developed around the railway station.
[1] The Kverneland Group eventually developed to be among the world leading manufacturing companies of agriculture equipment to the farming community.
[1] He was chairman of the construction committee for the local electricity supply, and chaired Jæderens Skogplantingsselskap.