1801-1890.
Spice merchant, brewer.
Gabriel Wilhelm Gillberg was born in Tegelsmora in Uppland, became a citizen of Uppsala in 1840 and was a representative of the Uppsala bourgeoisie at the Riksdag in the 1840s.
Gillberg also restored his residential building at Fyristorg (between Dombron and S:t Eriks gränd) in the Italian Renaissance style. In 1935, the so-called Gillbergska thoroughfare was built, which could alleviate the city's then most difficult traffic problems.
The Gillberg House at Fyris Square, before the passage was built in 1934. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet.
Painting of the roadway before the inauguration in 1935. Photo: Paul Sandberg / Upplandsmuseet.
In the early 1860s, Gillberg became a donor to the Ultuna Agricultural Institute. He donated a large sum of money to the new building of the Academic Hospital. As a result, Gillberg was awarded the Royal Seraphim Medal.
After his death, Gillberg bequeathed a large part of his assets to the Gillberg Orphanage Foundation. Gillbergska orphanage was founded in 1843 and was first located at Tullgarn and then moved to Sysslomansgatan. Many of the children admitted were very young and had parents who lacked the ability to raise their children.
Burial site: 0103-0178
Image description: Oil painting by G. W. Gillberg. Probably painted by Alexis Wetterberg in 1858. The portrait shows the Seraphim Medal. Photo: Henrik Zetterberg. The painting is in the archives of the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences. [The image is cropped]
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