Dalén was born in Stenstorp, a small village in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County.
He managed the family farm, which he expanded to include a market garden, a seed merchants and a dairy.
In 1892 he invented a milk-fat tester to check milk quality of the milk delivered and went to Stockholm to show his new invention for Gustaf de Laval.
de Laval was impressed by the self-taught Dalén and the invention and encouraged him to get a basic technical education.
He was admitted to the Chalmers University of Technology where he earned his Master's degree and a Doctorate on leaving in 1896.
Dalén was much the same type of inventor as Gustaf de Laval, not afraid of testing "impossible" ideas, but Dalén was much more careful with the company economy.
The products should have a solid market place before he introduced a new product.
Dalén was born in Stenstorp, a small village in Falköping Municipality, Västra Götaland County. He managed the family farm, which he expanded to include a market garden, a seed merchants and a dairy. In 1892 he invented a milk-fat tester to check milk quality of the milk delivered and went to Stockholm to show his new invention for Gustaf de Laval. de Laval was impressed by the self-taught Dalén and the invention and encouraged him to get a basic technical education. He was admitted to the Chalmers University of Technology where he earned his Master's degree and a Doctorate on leaving in 1896. Dalén was much the same type of inventor as Gustaf de Laval, not afraid of testing "impossible" ideas, but Dalén was much more careful with the company economy. The products should have a solid market place before he introduced a new product.
Gustaf Dalén