Peter Wallenberg Sr.
Peter Wallenberg Sr. | |
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Born | Stockholm, Sweden | 29 May 1926
Died | 19 January 2015 Värmdö, Sweden | (aged 88)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation | Businessman |
Spouses | Suzanne Grevillius
(m. 1954–1962)Alice Rosier Pearce
(m. 1966–1969)Anna-Maria Eek (m. 1971–1980) |
Children | 3, 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
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,
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:
Wallenberg died in his residence in
Awards and decorations
Swedish
- Seraphim Medal, Sweden (2000)[5]
- Royal Order of the Seraphim ribbon, Sweden (1983)[5]
- Order of Vasa, Sweden (1974)[5]
Foreign
- Royal Norwegian Order of Merit, Norway (1992)[5]
- Order of the Lion of Finland, Finland (1995)[5]
- Order of Merit, Portugal, (1990)[5]
- Order of St. Gregory the Great, Holy See (1991)[5]
- Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany (1992)[5]
- Order of the Southern Cross, Brazil (1989)[5]
- Order of Isabella the Catholic, Spain (1979)[5]
- Order of the British Empire, United Kingdom (1989)[5]
- 2nd Class / Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (2 June 1995)[19]
- Order of Leopold, Belgium (1989)[5]
- Legion of Honour, France (1987)[5]
- Order of the Three Stars, Latvia (2001)[5]
Honours
Wallenberg's honours:[5]
- 1984 – Honorary Doctor of Economics, Stockholm School of Economics
- 1997 – Technology Honorary Doctorate, Royal Institute of Technology
- 2001 – Honorary Doctor of Philosophy, Uppsala University
- 2008 – Honorary Doctor of Laws, Stockholm University
- 2010 – Honorary doctor of Medicine, Karolinska Institute
- 1985 – Doctor of Humane Letters h.c., Augustana College, US
- 1989 – Doctor of Laws h.c., Upsala College, US
- 1990 – Doctor of Humane Letters h.c., Georgetown University, US
- 1996 – Doctor Honoris Causa, National Polytechnic Institute of Lorraine, France
- 1998 – Honorary Doctor of Laws, Gustavus Adolphus College, US
- 2009 – Doctor of Commerce h.c., Stellenbosch University, South Africa
- 2010 – Doctor of Humanities (D.H.) h.c., Villanova University, US
Footnotes
References
- SELIBR 12076919.
- ^ SELIBR 3684384.
- ^ Sandqvist, Viktor (10 November 2011). "Peter Wallenberg, Benny Andersson och Karin Bojs några av årets hedersdoktorer vid Stockholms universitet" (in Swedish). Stockholm University. Archived from the original on 31 October 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- ^ from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p "Peter Wallenberg 1926-2015: CURRICULUM VITAE" (in Swedish). Wallenberg.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 10 March 2017.
- SELIBR 7773480.
- SELIBR 7622310.
- ^ Holender, Robert (19 January 2015). "Peter Wallenberg död". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 29 December 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ^ 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.
- ^ from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ "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.
- ^ from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- from the original on 2020-12-29. Retrieved 2017-03-10.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Wallenberg Dott. Peter". www.quirinale.it (in Italian). President of Italy. Archived from the original on 10 August 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2021.
Further reading
- Fagerfjäll, Ronald (2015). Den förlorade sonens återkomst: Peter Wallenberg 1926-2015 [The Return of the Lost Son: Peter Wallenberg 1926-2015] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Ekerlid. SELIBR 17917273.
- "Swedes Fear a Russian Invasion: Crime Gangs", by JOHN DARNTON, The New York Times, November 24, 1993, — a bizarre kidnapping attempt of Wallenberg by Russian mafia
External links
- Media related to Peter Wallenberg, Sr. at Wikimedia Commons