Harry Roberts (inventor)

{{Short description|Swedish inventor}}

Harry Roberts was a Swedish pharmacist,{{Cite web |title=Delicious Sparkling Temperance Drinks - Kristall Julmust |url=https://delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net/Julmust.html |access-date=2023-12-11 |website=delicioussparklingtemperancedrinks.net}} best known for being the co-inventor of julmust, a soft drink primarily consumed around Christmas. Roberts is also the co-founder of Roberts, a soft drink syrup company founded in Örebro, Sweden in 1910.{{Cite web |title=AB Roberts – Din smakexpert |url=https://www.roberts.se/ |access-date=2023-12-11 |language=sv-SE}}

After studying chemistry in Germany during the late 19th century he invented the soft drink together with his father Robert Roberts.[http://www.roberts.se/historik.asp Roberts.se: Historik] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091109165821/http://www.roberts.se/historik.asp |date=2009-11-09 }}, accessed on June 30, 2009 {{in lang|sv}}