Peter Wallenberg Sr.

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Peter Wallenberg Sr.
Wallenberg in 2007
Born(1926-05-29)29 May 1926
Stockholm, Sweden
Died19 January 2015(2015-01-19) (aged 88)
Värmdö, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationBusinessman
Spouses
Suzanne Grevillius
(m. 1954⁠–⁠1962)
Alice Rosier Pearce
(m. 1966⁠–⁠1969)
Anna-Maria Eek
(m. 1971⁠–⁠1980)
Children3, including
Marcus Wallenberg
(grandfather)

Peter "Pirre" Wallenberg Sr. (29 May 1926 – 19 January 2015) was a Swedish business leader who was chairman of Investor AB for ten years.

Early life and education

Wallenberg was born in

Candidate of Law degree in 1949 from Stockholm College, now Stockholm University.[3][note 1]

Career

He began his career in 1953 at

Wallenberg was in the mid-1980s a board member of Atlas Copco AB, AB SKF, Investor AB, Förvaltnings AB Providentia, Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, AB Papyrus, Nymölla AB, Fastighets AB Stockholm-Saltsjön, Enskilda Securities in England and the International Chamber of Commerce – Budget Commission and Finance Committee.[10] He was first vice chairman of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, vice chairman of ASEA, Broströms Rederi AB, AB Electrolux, Telefon AB LM Ericsson and Stora Kopparbers Bergslags AB.[10] Wallenberg was also a board member of the Federation of Swedish Industries (Sveriges Industriförbund), the Swedish National Committee of the International Chamber of Commerce, the Stockholm School of Economics Association (from 1988 to 2001[11]), Dillon, Read & Co. in the United States, Per Jacobsson Foundation in the United States and the Swiss Bank Corporation Advisory Board in Switzerland.[10] He was also chairman of the International Council of Swedish Industry (NIR), Swedish-French Research Association (Svensk-franska forskningsföreningen) and the Swedish-British Society as well as the Royal Lawn Tennis Club (Kungliga Lawn Tennis Klubben). Wallenberg was also honorary chairman of the Swedish Tennis Association (Svenska Tennisförbundet) and a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences.[10]

Wallenberg was in the early 1990s the chairman of the board of ASEA AB, Atlas Copco AB, Investor AB,

Marianne and Marcus Wallenberg Foundation
. The Peter Wallenberg, D.Econ, Foundation for Economics and Technology (Ekon.dr Peter Wallenbergs Stiftelse för Ekonomi och Teknik) was founded in 1996 to honour him on his 70th birthday.

Personal life and death

Wallenberg was in his first marriage married 1954–1962 to Suzanne Grevillius (born 1933), the daughter of chief physician Åke Grevillius and Sylvia (née Stenhammar). Together they had three children:

Peter Wallenberg, Jr. (born 1959).[2][13] In his second marriage he was married 1966–1969 to Alice Pearce Rosier (1944–1970) and the third marriage 1971–1980 to the judge Anna-Maria Eek (born 1927).[2]

Wallenberg died in his residence in

Magdalena Andersson, Mikael Damberg, Börje Ekholm, Anders Borg, Jan Carlzon, Fredrik Lundberg, Mona Sahlin, Carl-Henric Svanberg, Annika Falkengren, Leif Pagrotsky, Michael Treschow, Jan Björklund, Ulf Adelsohn, Lena Adelsohn Liljeroth, Pär Nuder, Hans Vestberg, Göran Hägglund, Fredrik Reinfeldt, Anna Kinberg Batra, Anders Wall, Carl Bennet, Hans Stråberg and others.[16][17] During the afternoon there was a special reception at the Grand Hôtel.[17] Wallenberg was taken to his final resting place in the world's only Saab hearse, manufactured by the company that his father once was one of the founders of.[18]

Awards and decorations

Swedish

Foreign

Honours

Wallenberg's honours:[5]

Footnotes

  1. ^ Other sources says 1953.[4][5]

References

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  8. ^ Holender, Robert (19 January 2015). "Peter Wallenberg död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  9. ^ Magnusson, Niklas (19 January 2015). "Peter Wallenberg Sr., Swedish Creator of Companies, Dies at 88". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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  11. ^ "Peter Wallenberg är död". Dagens Eko (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 19 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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  14. ^ Almgren, Jan (19 January 2015). "Familjen samlas efter Peter Wallenbergs död". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  15. ^ "Peter Wallenberg, patriarch of Swedish business empire, dies". Chattanooga Times Free Press. Stockholm. AP. 19 January 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  16. ^ "Här tar näringslivet farväl av Peter Wallenberg". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 4 February 2015. Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  17. ^ a b Lindström, Lars (4 February 2015). "Här anländer gästerna till begravningen". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 12 March 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  18. ^ Rydhagen, Malin (4 February 2015). "Wallenberg fördes till sista vilan i unik Saab". Expressen (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
  19. ^ "Wallenberg Dott. Peter". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). President of Italy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.

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