Samuel Owen (engineer)

Samuel Owen
Samuel Owen, circa 1820-30
Born	(1774-05-12)12 May 1774 Norton in Hales, Shropshire, England
Died	15 February 1854(1854-02-15) (aged 79) Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation	Engineer • inventor • industrialist
Spouse(s)	Ann Spen Toft Beata Carolina Svedell ​ ​ (m. 1817; died 1822)​ Johanna Magdalena Elisabeth
Children	17

Samuel Owen (12 May 1774 – 15 February 1854), was a British-Swedish engineer, inventor and industrialist. He founded a workshop in Stockholm in 1809 that produced a large number of mechanical components, and since then has been regarded as "the founder of the Swedish mechanical industry".