List of Swedish entrepreneurs

This is a list of Swedish entrepreneurs and businessmen.

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• Percy Barnevik (born 1941), industry leader (ABB)
• Yngve Bergqvist
• Gustaf Dalén, (1869-1937), founder of AGA and Nobel Prize laureate
• Nils Ericson, (1802-1860), railroad pioneer (SJ)
• John Ericsson, (1803-1889), inventor and engineer (USS Monitor)
• Lars Magnus Ericsson, (1846-1926), founder of Ericsson
• Assar Gabrielsson, (1891-1962), industrialist, co-founder of AB Volvo
• Kai Hammerich, former vice president of Saab
• Bertil Hult
• Johan Petter Johansson (1853-1943), inventor
• Jonas af Jochnick, founder of Oriflame
• Robert af Jochnick, founders of Oriflame
• Ingvar Kamprad, (born 1926), founder of IKEA
• Bert Karlsson
• Ivar Kreuger, (1880-1932), industrialist and financier
• Håkan Lans
• Gustav de Laval, (1845-1913), founder of Alfa Laval
• Adolf H. Lundin, oil and mining entrepreneur
• Alfred Nobel, (1833-1896), industrialist, instituted the Nobel Prizes
• Birger Nordholm, (1897-1989), entrepreneur
• Erling Persson, (1917-2002), founder of Hennes & Mauritz
• Ruben Rausing, founder of Tetra Pak
• Lars Olsson Smith, (1836-1913), spirits manufacturer
• Johan Stael von Holstein, founder of Icon MediaLab
• Frans Suell, (1744-1818), founder of Malmö harbour
• Torsten Ullman
• Dr. Axel Lennart Wenner-Gren, founder of Electrolux
• Olof Wallenius (1902 – 1970)
• Jonas Wenström, industrialist
• Sven Wingquist, (1876-1953), engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder of SKF
• Niklas Zennström, founder of KaZaA and Skype

See also

• Stockholm Stock Exchange
• Confederation of Swedish Enterprise
• List of Swedish companies