List of Swedish entrepreneurs
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This is a list of Swedish
entrepreneurs and businessmen.
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Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
entrepreneurs and businessmen.
- Percy BarnevikPercy BarnevikPercy Nils Barnevik is a Swedish business executive, best known as CEO and later Chairman of Asea Brown Boveri 1988–2002, and for being the centre of a giant pension dispute that shook Sweden in 2003.-Background:...
(born 1941), industry leader (ABBAsea Brown BoveriABB is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, and best known for its robotics. ABB operates mainly in the power and automation technology areas. It ranked 143rd in Forbes Ranking ....
) - Yngve Bergqvist
- Gustaf DalénGustaf DalénNils Gustaf Dalén was a Swedish Nobel Laureate and industrialist, the founder of the AGA company and inventor of the AGA cooker and the Dalén light...
, (1869-1937), founder of AGAAGA ABAGA AB, previously AB Gasaccumulator and AB Svenska Gasaccumulator, was a Swedish industrial gas company founded in 1904. Nobel Prize laureate Gustaf Dalén was instrumental in the success of the company. Important inventions included the AGA cooker and the Dalén light. In the 1990's AGA conceived...
and Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
laureate - Nils EricsonNils EricsonFriherre Nils Ericson was a Swedish mechanical engineer...
, (1802-1860), railroad pioneer (SJSJ ABSJ is a government-owned passenger train operator in Sweden. SJ was created in 2000, out of the public transport division of Statens Järnvägar, when the former government agency was divided into six separate government-owned limited companies.-Overview:SJ's operations fall broadly into subsidised...
) - John EricssonJohn EricssonJohn Ericsson was a Swedish-American inventor and mechanical engineer, as was his brother Nils Ericson. He was born at Långbanshyttan in Värmland, Sweden, but primarily came to be active in England and the United States...
, (1803-1889), inventor and engineer (USS MonitorUSS MonitorUSS Monitor was the first ironclad warship commissioned by the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She is most famous for her participation in the Battle of Hampton Roads on March 9, 1862, the first-ever battle fought between two ironclads...
) - Lars Magnus EricssonLars Magnus EricssonLars Magnus Ericsson was a Swedish inventor, entrepreneur and founder of telephone equipment manufacturer Ericsson ....
, (1846-1926), founder of EricssonEricssonEricsson , one of Sweden's largest companies, is a provider of telecommunication and data communication systems, and related services, covering a range of technologies, including especially mobile networks... - Assar GabrielssonAssar GabrielssonAssar Thorvald Nathanael Gabrielsson was a Swedish industrialist and co-founder of Volvo.- Family :He married Anna Theresia Andreasson in 1916...
, (1891-1962), industrialist, co-founder of AB Volvo - Kai Hammerich, former vice president of SaabSaabSaab AB is a Swedish aerospace and defence company, founded in 1937. From 1947 to 1990 it was the parent company of automobile manufacturer Saab Automobile, and between 1968 and 1995 the company was in a merger with commercial vehicle manufacturer Scania, known as Saab-Scania.-History:"Svenska...
- Bertil HultBertil HultBertil Hult, born 1941, is a Swedish business man who founded the educational and language travel company EF Education First in 1965. He served as the company's CEO until 2002 and is now chairman of the board. Under Bertil Hult's supervision, EF grew to become a multi-billion dollar corporation...
- Johan Petter JohanssonJohan Petter JohanssonJohan Petter Johansson , sometimes known as JP, was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. He invented a modern adjustable spanner . He obtained over 100 patents in total....
(1853-1943), inventor - Jonas af JochnickJonas af JochnickJonas af Jochnick is most notable for co-founding Oriflame Cosmetics with his brother Robert af Jochnick in 1967 in Sweden. In 2003 the brothers shared the International Swede of the Year award. As of 2006, Jonas af Jochnick was Sweden's 19th wealthiest person as estimated by business magazine...
, founder of OriflameOriflameOriflame Cosmetics S.A. is a cosmetics group, founded in 1967 in Sweden by the brothers Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick. The company sells skin care, cosmetic products and other related products through an independent sales force of over 3 million people.-Brief history:Oriflame was... - Robert af JochnickRobert af JochnickRobert af Jochnick is most notable for co-founding Oriflame Cosmetics with his brother Jonas af Jochnick in 1967 in Sweden. In 2003 the brothers shared the International Swede of the Year award. As of 2006, Robert af Jochnick was Sweden's 34th wealthiest person as estimated by business magazine...
, founders of OriflameOriflameOriflame Cosmetics S.A. is a cosmetics group, founded in 1967 in Sweden by the brothers Jonas af Jochnick and Robert af Jochnick. The company sells skin care, cosmetic products and other related products through an independent sales force of over 3 million people.-Brief history:Oriflame was... - Ingvar KampradIngvar KampradIngvar Feodor Kamprad is a Swedish and the founder of IKEA, a retail company.According to Forbes magazine, as of 2011 he is the 162nd wealthiest person in the world with an estimated net worth of around US$6 billion in 2011...
, (born 1926), founder of IKEAIKEAIKEA is a privately held, international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture such as beds and desks, appliances and home accessories. The company is the world's largest furniture retailer... - Bert KarlssonBert KarlssonBert Willis Karlsson is a Swedish record company manager, entrepreneur, former politician and front figure of the New Democracy party....
- Ivar KreugerIvar KreugerIvar Kreuger was a Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In 1908 Kreuger co-founded the construction company Kreuger & Toll Byggnads AB which specialized in new building techniques. By aggressive investments and innovative financial instruments he built a global match...
, (1880-1932), industrialist and financier - Håkan LansHåkan LansAnders Håkan Lans is a Swedish inventor. His patented inventions are a color graphics processor and an "Arrangement for producing a pattern on a light-sensitive surface"...
- Gustav de Laval, (1845-1913), founder of Alfa LavalAlfa LavalAlfa Laval AB is a Swedish company, founded in 1883 by Gustaf de Laval and Oscar Lamm. The company is a leading producer of specialized products and solutions used to heat, cool, separate and transport such products as oil, water, chemicals, beverages, foodstuffs, starch and...
- Adolf H. LundinAdolf H. LundinAdolf Henrik Lundin, , was an independent oil and mining Swedish entrepreneur.-Education:...
, oil and mining entrepreneur - Alfred NobelAlfred NobelAlfred Bernhard Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, innovator, and armaments manufacturer. He is the inventor of dynamite. Nobel also owned Bofors, which he had redirected from its previous role as primarily an iron and steel producer to a major manufacturer of cannon and other armaments...
, (1833-1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel PrizeNobel PrizeThe Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
s - Birger NordholmBirger NordholmBirger Joseph Nordholm was the founding director of the Swedish tourist office in New York, a member of the Scandinavian Travel Commission and the founder of the European Travel Commission.-Biography:...
, (1897-1989), entrepreneur - Erling Persson, (1917-2002), founder of Hennes & Mauritz
- Ruben RausingRuben RausingRuben Rausing was the founder of the liquid food packaging company Tetra Pak. He was born in Helsingborg, Sweden in 1895. On his death Ruben Rausing was Sweden's richest person.-Early life:...
, founder of Tetra PakTetra PakTetra Pak is a multinational food processing and packaging company of Swedish origin. It was founded in 1951 in Lund, Sweden, by Ruben Rausing. It was Erik Wallenberg who invented the tetrahedral package, today known as Tetra Classic... - Lars Olsson SmithLars Olsson SmithLars Olsson Smith , also L.O. Smith, was a Swedish spirits manufacturer and politician. He was called "The King of Spirits" because of his domination of the of spirits production in Stockholm during the end of the 19th century...
, (1836-1913), spirits manufacturer - Johan Stael von HolsteinJohan Staël von HolsteinLars Johan Magnus Staël von Holstein is an author and co-founder of dot-com companies such as Icon Medialab and LetsBuyIt during the dot-com boom in Sweden....
, founder of Icon MediaLab - Frans SuellFrans SuellFrans Suell was a Swedish businessman. His grandfather Franz Suell immigrated to Malmö from Holstein in the mid 18th century...
, (1744-1818), founder of MalmöMalmöMalmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
harbour - Torsten UllmanTorsten UllmanTorsten Ullman was a Swedish pistol shooter and entrepreneur, most famous for his gold medal in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where the Germans were favourites in the Free Pistol competition but Ullman won by a margin of 15 points. His record score of 559 would still be competitive today in this event...
- Dr. Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren, founder of ElectroluxElectroluxThe Electrolux Group is a Swedish appliance maker.As of 2010 the 2nd largest home appliance manufacturer in the world after Whirlpool, its products sell under a variety of brand names including its own and are primarily major appliances and vacuum cleaners...
- Olof WalleniusOlof WalleniusOlof Wallenius was a Swedish entrepreneur and the founder of Wallenius Lines .-References:...
(1902 – 1970) - Jonas WenströmJonas WenströmJonas Wenström was a Swedish engineer and inventor. He invented in Sweden the three-phase electric power system, the basis for ASEA ....
, industrialist - Sven WingquistSven WingquistSven Gustaf Wingqvist was a Swedish engineer, inventor and industrialist, and one of the founders of Svenska Kullagerfabriken , one of the world's leading ball- and roller bearing makers. Sven Wingqvist invented the multi-row self-aligning radial ball bearing in 1907.-Chronology:*1876: Born...
, (1876-1953), engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder of SKFSKFSKF, Svenska Kullagerfabriken AB , later AB SKF, is a Swedish bearing company founded in 1907, supplying bearings, seals, lubrication and lubrication systems, maintenance products, mechatronics products, power transmission products and related services globally.-History:The company was founded on... - Niklas ZennströmNiklas ZennströmNiklas Zennström is an entrepreneur best known for founding several high-profile online ventures with Janus Friis including Skype and Kazaa. More recently he founded the investment group Atomico and has become a significant figurehead for entrepreneurs in the tech sector.-Career:Zennström started...
, founder of KaZaAKazaaKazaa Media Desktop started as a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol licensed by Joltid Ltd. and operated as Kazaa by Sharman Networks...
and SkypeSkypeSkype is a software application that allows users to make voice and video calls and chat over the Internet. Calls to other users within the Skype service are free, while calls to both traditional landline telephones and mobile phones can be made for a fee using a debit-based user account system...
See also
- Stockholm Stock ExchangeStockholm Stock ExchangeThe Stockholm Stock Exchange is a stock exchange located in Stockholm, Sweden. Founded in 1863 it is the primary securities exchange of the Nordic Countries....
- Confederation of Swedish EnterpriseConfederation of Swedish EnterpriseThe Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is a major interest organisation for business and industry in Sweden. It has 48 member associations representing close to 55.000 member companies with more than 1.5 million employees....
- List of Swedish companies