Stefan Anderson

Knut Stefan Anderson (26 December 1878 – 8 May 1966) was a Swedish industrialist, journalist and master craftsman clockmaker/watchmaker decorated with badges of chivalric orders by the Kings of Sweden, Denmark and Norway and the President of Finland.

Anderson was born in Enköping, Sweden. He was the son of August T. Anderson and Hildegard von Reis and began to learn watchmaking in 1892 at age 13 in Norrköping.

From 1910 to 1953 he wrote regular articles in trade papers and was also their editor, often using the pseudonym Stander.

Anderson was instrumental in organizing watchmakers and craftsmen into permanent trade organizations in Scandinavia and Germany, which he then led as CEO in terms of service lasting for decades. and in 1971 had a watchmaker's college named for him in Borensberg.

The well-known quality classification Stjärnurmakarna for Swedish watchmakers and merchants was originally registered and protected by Anderson, who also in 1944 created a specially designed insurance policy for them, and since 1952 a Swedish gold medal for contributions to watchmaking bears Anderson's likeness and name.

Anderson died in Ludvika where his family grave is in the Old Cemetery (G:a kyrkogården)