Petter Forsström

Petter Teodor Forsström (7 November 1877 Särkisalo - 13 November 1967 Lohja) was a Finnish industrialist, Vuorineuvos and the father of the Lohja lime industry. Forsström worked as Lohjan Kalkkitehdas Oy's (Lohja Lime Factory Ltd) managing director for an exceptionally long period of time, 65 years. In 1946 he was sentenced to six years in prison for treason after participating in the pro-German resistance movement during the Lapland War, after the Finnish government had switched sides.

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