JAMES DICKSON & CO

James Dickson & Co was a trading house founded in Gothenburg in 1816 by James Dickson. The firm initially focused on timber exports but also became a major iron exporter. By 1820, they acquired shares in sawmills and later expanded to include sawmills in Norrland, including Matfors, Svartvik, Baggböle, Holmsund, Gideå, Husum, and Sandarne. The company also operated a rederi. James Dickson primarily managed the timber trade in Gothenburg, while Robert Dickson handled shipping and iron exports. The company's sawmills in Norrland were later led by James Robertson Dickson and then by Oscar Dickson. The company also owned the Marma-Sandarne Järnväg (MaSJ). The company's rederi operations were phased out in the 1860s. By the late 1800s, James Dickson & Co. sold off its sawmill operations and was eventually dissolved.