Otto Salomon


Otto Aron Salomon was a Swedish educator and both a noted writer and proponent of educational sloyd. Born in Gothenburg, Sweden in 1849, Salomon studied at the Institute of Technology in Stockholm but left after a year to accept a position as Director of the Sloyd Teachers Seminary in Naas, Sweden. It was while at the seminary that Salomon was able to popularize the educational sloyd movement.