Karl Fredrik Petersson

Carl Fredric (or Karl Fredrik) was born in Kalmar in 1833.

Karl Fredrik founded the clothing company Peterson&Lind with Otto Ferdrnand Lind (1835-1910) in Norrköping.John Lind to over for his father and with Carl-Fredrik, they changed the name of the company to Gamlebro AB in 1865 at the death of his father. Gamlebro AB was sold/ closed in 1897. Carl-Fredrik's children lived quite well of the proceeds of the sale with their aunt in Stockholm (they had domestics).

Karl Fredrik married Hilda Amalia, who was the daugther of one of his friends. Legend has it that he told Svante Bjorkgren: "when Hilda will be 18, I will marry her.

There are pictures of Karl Fredrik and the Lind family in the KONSUL GUSTAF EKLUNDS PORTRÄTTARKIV in Norrköping. (2384. Peterson, Carl Fredrik, klädesfabrikör, firma Peterson & Lind, sedermera disponent för Gamlebro AB).