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[[Image:CottonMillFounder.jpg|thumb|right|Sculpture of Levón at [[University of Vaasa]], parts of which are housed in his 1856 cotton mill]]<br />
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'''August Alexander Levón''' (14 November 1820 – 30 August 1875) was a Finnish businessman. He started Finland's first steam-powered mill which first focused on milling rye for bread producers, in 1849. This mill was the beginning of [[Vaasan & Vaasan]], the biggest bakery business in Finland and the Baltic region, one of the largest crisp bread producers in the world and a significant Nordic producer of bake-off products.<br />
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Levón was born in [[Raahe]]. The original name of his family was Leinonen. He came to [[Vaasa]] at the age of 19 and started to work at a pharmacy. He wanted to start his own pharmacy in the town but did not get the permission to do so. Instead of continuing with the pharmacy he became an industrialist.<ref name=kotiseutukirja>{{cite book| first1= Eija |last1= Piispala |first2= Vesa |last2= Heinonen |first3= Tapio |last3= Tunkkari| title = Vaasan seudun kotiseutukirja| location = Helsinki| publisher = [[Otava (publisher)|Otava]]| year = 1985| isbn = 951-1-07771-6| pages = 64–65}}</ref><br />
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Levón went on to found a cotton factory and a shipping company. His contribution to the industrial progress of Vaasa and Finland is very significant.<br />
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