This project aims to portray, through two biographies, the Söderberg family's journey from entrepreneurship to philanthropy during the late 19th and much of the 20th century. The project includes research, listing and digitization of archival material located in a number of different places, but also the establishment of a closed family history website as a resource for future research and knowledge transfer. Two biographical volumes, published by Förlaget Näringslivshistoria, will be produced.

The project builds on an ongoing archive and book project on the life and work of Pelle Söderberg (1836-1881). The intention is to build on this knowledge base with a biography of his son, the entrepreneur and consul general Olof Söderberg (1872-1931). We see the project as an important task to document and analyze some of the key figures in an important phase of Sweden's modernization, and thereby make a significant contribution to business history research.