Gustav Skram

Johan Christian Gustav Skram (13 July 1802 – 7 April 1865) was a Danish railroad director. He was the father of Danish writer Erik Skram, the second husband of Norwegian writer Amalie Skram.

Career

Skram was the first managing director of the Railway Company of Zealand, from 1844 to 1856, which ran the first railway in Denmark.[1][2]

Personal life

Skram was born Johan Christian Gustav Schram in Copenhagen, the son of Gerhard Christopher Schram and Anne Johanne Christiane Jørgensen. He was married twice, first to silk trader's daughter Johanne Margaretha Klein from 1826 to her death in 1835. In 1837 he married Justice Counsellor's daughter Ida Johanne Hoë (1814–1886).[1] With his second wife he had the son, writer and journalist Asbjørn Oluf Erik Skram (1847–1923), who, from 1884 to 1900, was married to noted Norwegian writer Amalie Skram.[3] His daughter Henriette Skram, a schoolteacher, became principal of N. Zahle's School.[4]

References

1. Lütken, Alfred (1902). "Skram (Schram), Johan Christian Gustav". In Bricka, Carl Frederik (ed.). Dansk biografisk lexikon (in Danish). Vol. 16. Copenhagen: Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag. pp. 80–81. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
2. Hvidt, Kristian (2013). "Tog til tiden: Gustav Schram og den første danske jernbane" [Trained on time: Gustav Schram and the first Danish railway]. Magasin Fra Det Kongelige Bibliotek (in Danish). 26: 33–39. doi:10.7146/mag.v26i1.66757.
3. Engelstad, Irene (2004). "Amalie Skram". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 8. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
4. Possing, Birgitte (22 April 2023). "Henriette Skram" (in Danish). lex: Kvinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2024.