Jonsered From cradle to grave

In 1797 14yearold William Gibson sails from Dundee in Scotland to Gothenburg This will be the start of a young mans journey on a road that led to the construction of a factory and a society which is largely unique in our countrys history Jonsereds factories which came to own a whole community and took care of everyone from the cradle to the grave The factory owned a nursing home with a maternity ward a nursery for the youngest a school that fostered the prospective workers a girls home for young workers housing a trade booth a church with a factoryemployed priest and finally an old age home for those who rested after a long working life