From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of Swedish entrepreneurs and business people.
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Ola Ahlvarsson (born 1970), founder of Result
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David Axmark, co-founder of
MySQL
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Percy Barnevik (born 1941), industry leader (
ABB)
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Per-Ingvar Brånemark (1929–2014), osseointegration, titanium dental prostheses
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Gustaf Dalén (1869–1937), founder of
AGA and
Nobel Prize laureate
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Nils Ericson (1802–1860), railroad pioneer (
SJ)
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John Ericsson (1803–1889), inventor and engineer (
USS Monitor)
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Lars Magnus Ericsson (1846–1926), founder of
Ericsson
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Joakim Fohlman, founder of Safer Uppsala County and the Foundation for Safer Sweden
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Assar Gabrielsson (1891–1962), industrialist, co-founder of
Volvo
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Bertil Hult (born 1941), businessman, founder of
EF Education First
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Jonas af Jochnick (1937–2019), founder of
Oriflame
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Kerstin af Jochnick (born 1958), banker
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Robert af Jochnick (born 1940), founder of
Oriflame
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Johan Petter Johansson (1853–1943), inventor
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Ingvar Kamprad (1926–2018), founder of
IKEA
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Bert Karlsson (born 1945), owner and manager of
Mariann Grammofon AB
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Mathilda Hamilton (1864–1935), missionary and entrepreneur
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Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), industrialist and financier
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Håkan Lans (born 1947), inventor
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Per E. Larsson, CEO and businessperson
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Gustav de Laval (1845–1913), founder of
Alfa Laval
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Beatrice Lesslie (1890–1967), ran the Gothenburg clothing firm Konfektions AB Lesslie
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Birger Ljungström (1872–1948), engineer
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Fredrik Ljungström (1875–1964), industrialist
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Adolf H. Lundin (1932–2006), oil and mining entrepreneur
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Alfred Nobel (1833–1896), industrialist, instituted the
Nobel Prizes
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Birger Nordholm (1897–1989), entrepreneur
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Erling Persson (1917–2002), founder of
Hennes & Mauritz
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Markus Persson (born 1979), founder of
Mojang AB, creator of
Minecraft
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Johanna Petersson (1807–1899), pioneering businesswoman from Ödeshög
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Ruben Rausing (1895–1983), founder of
Tetra Pak
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Pär Olof Sandå (born 1965), entrepreneur, developer and stockbroker
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Lars Olsson Smith (1836–1913), spirits manufacturer
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Johan Stael von Holstein, founder of
Icon MediaLab
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Helena Stjernholm (born 1970), CEO of the financial firm Industrivärden
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Frans Suell (1744–1818), founder of
Malmö harbour
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Johan Ullman (born 1953), working in ergonomy, occupational orthopedics
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Torsten Ullman
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Olof Wallenius (1902–1970)
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Axel Wenner-Gren, founder of
Electrolux
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Jonas Wenström, industrialist
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Sven Wingquist (1876–1953), engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder of
SKF
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Niklas Zennström, founder of
KaZaA and
Skype
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