Dickson was a partner in a company that owned ships and
sawmills. The
Baggböle sawmill's business methods first came to a head when
James Dickson Jr was taken to court in 1850. The accusation was that the sawmill had cut wood that belonged to the king. Dickson was fortunate to avoid prosecution. The saw mill business processed thousands of trees in the nineteenth century. The exploitation of Crown timber could not continue and in 1866-7 the company was again taken to court and this time they were obliged to agree to help prevent the use of Crown timber. Oscar Dickson and the company were featured in satirical cartoons. This was the time when the new Swedish word "Baggböleri" was first seen in print which was a synonym for the exploitation of forests. and the Russian Arctic and
Greenland, as well as
Fridtjof Nansen's Polar journey on the
Fram. Ever an Arctic enthusiast, Oscar Dickson contributed to sponsor several important Polar ventures between the years 1860 and 1900. Dickson was ennobled by King Oscar in 1880 and was raised to the status of Baron in 1885, the last person to be so in Sweden. Dickson was a member of the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1878. ==Honours==