Calle Mannerfelt kartlagd

Summary

The supplied text comprises the preface, opening chapter, and source note of Göran Smith’s privately printed 1995 biography of Carl M:son Mannerfelt. An initial proposal to sort Mannerfelt’s personal papers developed into a documentary and interview-based account of his professional life, intended for family members and a limited circle of friends. Smith proposes to trace Mannerfelt’s transitions from athlete to geographer and from natural scientist to business leader, while excluding family and private life at Mannerfelt’s request. The text records the accidental destruction of his father’s archive and some original Esselte materials, alongside the survival of approximately 9,400 pages of compiled documentation. Principal sources include correspondence, diaries, speech manuscripts, and publications dating from 1930 to 1995; Smith did not consult additional archives held by associated companies and organizations. In May 1995, the Swedish National Archives offered to receive the papers in the future, with access conditions still to be agreed.