Elis Fischer

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Elis Fischer
RVO RNO
Fischer, Elis Gustaf.png
Member of the Swedish Parliament
In office
24 March 1886 – 31 December 1886[1]
Personal details
Born(1834-01-13)13 January 1834
Askersund, Sweden
Died19 August 1889(1889-08-19) (aged 55)
Långholmen, Sweden
Political partyIndependent
RelativesGunnar Fischer (grandson)
Alma materUppsala University

Gustaf Elis Fischer RVO RNO (13 January 1834 – 19 August 1889) was a Swedish lawyer, chief executive of Skandia[2][3] (1870–1886) and politician who was Member of Parliament. He is in particular known for the Fischer-trial, in which he was accused of fraud and sentenced to prison.[4]

Early life[]

Childhood and family[]

Gustaf Elis Fischer was born on January 13, 1834, in Askersund, Örebro, Sweden. His father was Per Gustaf Fischer, a postmaster,[5] and his mother was Eva Sophia Fischer (née Brattström).[6] Fischer had two younger full brothers, Emil Nicanor (1839–1912), and Alfred Theodor (1836–1839). His maternal grandfather, Magnus Brattström, was an ironmaster.[5]

After his father's death 1845, Fischer moved along with his mother and brother Emil Nicanor to Örebro.[7]

Education[]

He attended Askersund Elementary School before graduating from Karolinska elementarläroverket in Örebro; he graduated in 1854.[8] Fischer attended Uppsala University following his graduation, and passed the court exams in 1859.[9]

Business and political career[]

Skandiahuset was built in the 1880s after Fischer and architect Carl Sandahl had went on a study trip to find inspiration for the new office building, on behalf of the company.[10]

Skandia[]

In June 1870, Fischer was elected to serve as the chief executive manager of Skandia,[11] a position previously held by Wilhelm Dufwa.[12] He was then succeeded by Gustaf Lagerbring in 1886 after he had been accused of fraudulent acts.

Fischer-trial[]

The Fischer-trial (Swedish: Fischerska målet) was a well-known lawsuit in which Elis Fischer was accused of fraud due to him not being able to separate his own finances from his own workplace finances.[13] The fraud was mentioned in more than 208 newspaper articles in December 1886[14] after he had resigned on December 8, 1886.[15] Fischer whom enjoyed a significant employment and an upper class income, surprised many of his fellows that he had committed a fraud. He was exposed when he had escaped the presentation of obligations he had received and sold.[16] Fischer was on January 5, 1887, sentenced to prison at Långholmen Central Prison.[17]

Politics[]

In March 1886, Fischer became a member of the upper house of the Riksdag, representing the City of Stockholm,[18] a position he held until he was accused of fraud in December 1886; he resigned from his political offices on December 17, 1886.[19]

Other efforts[]

Fischer was a pioneering member of the Insurance Organisation and the Fire Insurance Tariff Organisation.[20] Moreover was he the chairperson of Stockholms gasverksstyrelse, vice chairperson of Göta kanalverk and member of the Widow conservation.[21]

Personal life[]

Edsby Castle, built for Elis Fischer and his family, construction broke ground in 1866.[22][23]

In 1864, Fischer married Hildur Fredrika Abenius, daughter of Carl Fredrik Abenius, the circuit judge of the judicial district of Livgedinget.[24] Fischer bought several properties in Edsby in the 1860s by a baron named De Geer.[25] At this location; he ordered a castle-like building to be built, and construction broke ground in 1866.[26]

Death[]

On August 19, 1889, at Långholmen Central Prison in Stockholm, Fischer died from pneumonia dextra.[27][28]

Appointments[]

References[]

  1. ^ XXV:1. Riksdagens första kammare 1867-1904 (in Swedish). Retrieved 11 August 2020.
  2. ^ Scripta minora Regiae Societatis humaniorum litterarum Lundensis. 1994.
  3. ^ Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis: Stockholm studies in history (in Swedish). Almqvist & Wiksell. 1958. ISBN 978-91-22-00191-1.
  4. ^ Svenska millionärer. Minnen och anteckningar (in Swedish). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Malmström, Joakim (2006). Herrskapen och den lokala politiken: Eds socken ca 1650-1900 (in Swedish). Uppsala Universitet. ISBN 978-91-554-6511-7.
  6. ^ Askersunds stadsförsamling C:4 (1812-1861) Photo 43 / Page 85
  7. ^ Örebro Nikolai AI:22d (1846-1850) Photo 360 / Page 353
  8. ^ "Gustaf Elis Fischer F. d. verkställande direktör i Skandia". Budkaflen – via Kungliga Biblioteket.
  9. ^ "Gustaf Elis Fischer på Svenskt Porträttarkiv". portrattarkiv.se. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Donna Tukholmassa". donnatukholmassa.blogspot.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  11. ^ Karup, Wilhelm (1885). Handbuch der Lebensversicherung (in German). Jüstel & Göttel.
  12. ^ "Jurites". Tidning för Falu Län och Stad. 8 June 1870 – via Kungliga Biblioteket.
  13. ^ Personhistorisk tidskrift (in Swedish). Personhistoriska Samfundet. 1909.
  14. ^ "Sök bland svenska dagstidningar". tidningar.kb.se. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  15. ^ "Försäkringsbolaget Skandia". Öresundsposten – via Kungliga Biblioteket.
  16. ^ Rossander, Olle (19 October 2007). Det kidnappade kapitalet: på spaning i Skandiaaffärens skugga (in Swedish). ISBN 9789173432092. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Vice häradshövdingen G. E. Fischer" (PDF). Skaffaren – via Chroniclingamerica.
  18. ^ Sweden (1887). Svensk författningssamling (in Swedish). Kungl. boktryckeriet, P. A. Norstedt & soner.
  19. ^ "Riksdagen Häradshöfdingen Elis Fischer". Allehanda för Folket. 24 December 1886 – via Kungliga Biblioteket.
  20. ^ Försäkringsföreningens tidskrift, (1876:1) pp. 2-5; Hallendorff (1923), p. 65.
  21. ^ "Försäkringsbolaget Skandia". Öresundsposten – via Kungliga Biblioteket.
  22. ^ "Edsby Slotts Historia". 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 14 August 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  23. ^ Historisk tidskrift (in Swedish). Svenska historiska föreningen. 2007.
  24. ^ Svenska släktkalendern: part 1 (in Swedish). Dalcassian Publishing Company. 1 January 1912.
  25. ^ Yumpu.com. "God Jul & Gott Nytt År!". yumpu.com (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  26. ^ "Donna Tukholmassa". donnatukholmassa.blogspot.com (in Finnish). Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  27. ^ "Stockholms Hälsovårdsnämnd Dödsbevis 1878-1926, vissa församlingar - Elis Fischer 18890819". sok.stadsarkivet.stockholm.se. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  28. ^ "22.8.1889 Finland no 194, s. 2". digi.kansalliskirjasto.fi (in Finnish). Retrieved 30 March 2021.
Business positions
Preceded by
Alfred Wilhelm Dufva
 President of Skandia
1870–1886 		Succeeded by
Gustaf Lagerbring
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