Ragnar
Benson, Inc. Lecture

Ragnar Benson, Inc. is a hybrid lecture on Chicago's Swedish American engineers and builders. Speakers Julie Anne Benson and Cousins discuss the company's history; at its peak, Ragnar Benson, Inc., with its yellow and blue construction trailers and vehicles, was America's tenth-largest construction company, employing thousands in Chicagoland. The founder, Ragnar Benson, was born in southern Sweden and immigrated with his older sister to Chicago in 1911. The lecture covers his early years, the business he built from 1930 to 1980, and his lasting philanthropy. The event is held in person and streamed online; registration is available through the Museum's website: https://swedishamericanmuseum.org/addmultipleeventform/35266