Carl Gustav Thulin, Swedish shipowner (d. 1918)
Carl Gustav Thulin, 9 October 1845 - 25 March 1918) was a Swedish shipowner. He co-owned and later became the sole owner of the shipping company Nordström & Thulin. He was the son of Anders Thulin och Charlotta Thulin. In 1861 he was employed at the age of sixteen by ship broker Carl David Nordström at a firm that since 1850 had worked with cargoing ships in Stockholm. In 1866 Thulin became co-owner of the company that was called Nordström & Thulin. That same year the company bought its first own ship.
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