Ole Johansen Winstrup

Ole Johansen Winstrup (12 August 1782 - 20 December 1867) was a self-taught Danish engineer and inventor.

Early life Winstrup was born on 12 August 1782 at Winstrup, Holbæk County, the son of smallholder Johan Hansen (c. 1749–1810) and Anna Hansdatter (c. 1754–93). He moved to Copenhagen in 1799 where he trained as a miller and mill builder. In 1804–11, he served as a Royal Life Guard.

Career

In 181, Winstrup established his own workshop. He acquired the property Mariaslyst at the far end of Vesterbrogade as a new home for his venture which specialized in the manufacture of agricultural machinery.

Winstrup created an eight-volume illustrated work on agricultural machines in 1822-26 (published 1824–26). In this connection he went on a study trip to Germany where he met Johann Gottlob Nathusius in Althaldensleben. He bought one of Nathusiuss's factories and operated it from 1824 to 1928. In 1826, he manufactured a steam engine for a brewery in Copenhagen, notable for being the first steam engine made by a person from Denmark.