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Hjalmar Lundbohm (1855 - 1926) was a Swedish geologist, chemist, business leader, patron, and art collector. He was the first manager at Luossavaara-Kiirunavaara Aktiebolag (LKAB), the state-owned Swedish mining company in Kiruna. Lundbohm contributed significantly to the shaping of the new community of Kiruna. Lundbohm travelled extensivly in business and made the long sea journey to the USA six times. He was a good friend of Princes Gustaf Adolf and Eugen. His great interest in art led him to become close friends with the era's prominent Swedish artists Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson, Bruno Liljefors, Albert Engström, and Christian Eriksson. In his home, Lundbohmsgården in Kiruna, a significant art collection was formed.

In 1920, when Hjalmar Lundbohm turned 65, he left his position as manager in Kiruna and retired. On October 6 of the same year, he left the community of Kiruna and, together with his good friends Prince Eugen and Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf, as well as adjutant Hugo Cederschiöld, travelled around the countries bordering the Mediterranean, returning to Sweden only a year later.

Hjalmar Lundbohm passed away in 1926. The funeral service was held at Hedvig Eleonora Church in Stockholm. Thereafter, the coffin was transported to Kiruna in a specially built railway carriage.

As part of the transformation of Kiruna, Lundbohmsgården was moved to Luossavaara in 2017.