Gustav Ospelt

Gustav Ospelt (1 August 1906 – 13 April 1990) was an entrepreneur and politician from Liechtenstein who served in the Landtag of Liechtenstein from 1966 to 1970. He was the owner of , which he expanded into an international manufacturing company.

Life Ospelt was born on 1 August 1906 in Vaduz as the son of businessman and Landtag member Gustav Ospelt and Sophie (née Laternser) as one of four children. He attended secondary school in Vaduz and then conducted an apprenticeship at his father's metalworking company before attending arts and crafts school in Zurich until 1925. He worked as a construction worker and metalworking artist in Dornbirn from 1925 to 1927 before joining his father's company in 1928. After his father's death in 1934, he took over the company alongside his brother, which was renamed to Ospelt Apparatebau Aktiengesellschaft Vaduz in 1936. He became the sole owner of his metalworking company after his brother took a cash pay-out in 1939. At the same time, Ospelt was an advocate for preserving Liechtenstein's independence while the country as under threat by Nazi Germany. He was a founding member of the Liechtenstein Homeland Service in 1933 but left shortly afterwards due to its move towards Nazism.

Personal life In 1978, Ospelt received an honorary doctorate from the University of Graz.