Torsten Kreuger

Torsten Kreuger
Kreuger in 1943
Born	(1884-06-17)17 June 1884 Kalmar, Sweden
Died	12 October 1973(1973-10-12) (aged 89)
Nationality	Swedish
Education	engineer
Alma mater	Chalmers University of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Occupation(s)	industrialist, newspaper owner and banker
Relatives	Ivar Kreuger (brother)

Torsten Kreuger (17 June 1884 – 12 October 1973) was a Swedish engineer, industrialist, newspaper owner and banker.

Personal life

Kreuger was born in Kalmar, a son of Ernst August Kreuger, and a brother of Ivar Kreuger. He was married three times, first to Elsa Anna Cecilia Tamm (from 1913), second to Mary Wilhelmina Nobel (from 1934), and third to Diana Blanchfleure Hedberg (from 1942).

Career

Kreuger graduated from the Chalmers University of Technology in 1905, and undertook further studies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. On behalf of his father and uncle he established and developed the match factory Kalmar tändsticksfabrik, and was also involved in a factory for producing machinery for match production.

During the 1920s he became interested in acquiring ownership of newspapers. He was owner of the newspapers Stockholms Dagblad and Aftonbladet, and for a short period also Stockholms-Tidningen. In 1932 he was sentenced to prison for fraud.

External links

• Newspaper clippings about Torsten Kreuger in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW