Johan Henrik Werner (c. 1650 – 1735)

• Was a German-Swedish royal printer and mould carver.
• He came from Lunebürg to Sweden in the 1670s.

• He was first a stamp cutter and eventually a factor in Wankijf's printing works, which at the time had the royal printing privileges. • As early as 1701, Werner became an academy printer in Uppsala.

• In 1705 he was granted the privilege of royal printer.

• He took over the Wankijf printing house from Niclas Wankijf's widow Maria. 

• He soon expanded his activities, among other things by buying Henry Keyser III's printing house, and later also Enaeus' printing house before 1710.

• The royal printing house had its premises at Norrbro very close to the royal stables.

• He was exempted from all civil expenses and troubles and even received an annual salary of 200 daler silver coins.

• He became the second printer to publish a Swedish book printed in Sweden with antiques, the book was Gyllenborg's translation of Racine's Andromache.

• Werner was married for the first time in 1708 to Catharina Sofia Dahlstedt and the second time from 1729 to Catharina Stjerncrona.

• When he died in 1735, his surviving wife was allowed to retain the royal printing privileges.

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