His father was Olof Ericsson, a mine owner and inspector who was well educated after the standard of his times, having graduated at the college in Karlstad, the principal town of the province.

Due to a war with Russia, business became disturbed and in the end Olof Ericsson became financially ruined.

SEE Larsell, Olof.

SEE Larsell, Olof.

BERGMAN, TORBERN OLOF, a Swedish chemist, studied under Linnæus, and became professor of Chemistry at Upsala; discovered oxalic acid; was the first to arrange and classify minerals on a chemical basis (1735-1784).