Svein Erik Bakke
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Svein Erik Bakke was a Norwegian
entrepreneur
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He began building his fortune by cleaning as a seventeen-year-old. Earning the nickname Vaske-Bakke (Washing-Bakke), he went on to found the cleaning company Viking-gruppen (The Viking Group), which reached a total of 750 employees. After suffering a nervous breakdown
, leading to a suicide attempt on 23 December 2001, Bakke sold his company.
Later he put his fortune into property development in Trysil
. He was also working with developing tourist resorts in Brazil
.
Bakke was found dead in his apartment in Oslo
on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 having taken his own life. He was found by the police after being discovered by family. He left a fiancée, and two children from a former marriage.
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
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He began building his fortune by cleaning as a seventeen-year-old. Earning the nickname Vaske-Bakke (Washing-Bakke), he went on to found the cleaning company Viking-gruppen (The Viking Group), which reached a total of 750 employees. After suffering a nervous breakdown
Nervous breakdown
Mental breakdown is a non-medical term used to describe an acute, time-limited phase of a specific disorder that presents primarily with features of depression or anxiety.-Definition:...
, leading to a suicide attempt on 23 December 2001, Bakke sold his company.
Later he put his fortune into property development in Trysil
Trysil
Trysil is a municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Innbygda...
. He was also working with developing tourist resorts in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
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Bakke was found dead in his apartment in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 having taken his own life. He was found by the police after being discovered by family. He left a fiancée, and two children from a former marriage.