Robert Nobel

He was the founder of Branobel, and a pioneer in the Russian oil industry.

[1] Robert Nobel was born in Maria Magdalena parish in Stockholm, Sweden, the eldest son of Karolina Andrietta Ahlsell and her husband Immanuel Nobel.

Robert Nobel started Branobel, an important early oil company which controlled a significant amount of Russian oil output.

In 1873 he started his business in Baku, Azerbaijan and began to interest his brother Ludvig in the growing company.

He applied to several seaside resorts in southern Europe before settling at Getå in Norrköping Municipality during 1888.