Lund University is a public research university in Sweden and one of northern Europe's oldest universities. The university is located in the city of Lund in the province of Scania, Sweden. It traces its roots back to 1425, when a Franciscan studium generale was founded in Lund. After Sweden won Scania from Denmark in the 1658 Treaty of Roskilde, the university was officially founded in 1666 on the location of the old studium generale next to Lund Cathedral.
Svenska Dagbladet, abbreviated SvD, is a daily newspaper published in Stockholm, Sweden.
The Stockholm School of Economics is a private business school located in city district Vasastaden in the central part of Stockholm, Sweden. SSE offers BSc, MSc and MBA programs, along with PhD- and Executive education programs.
The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) is a nonpartisan international affairs think tank headquartered in Washington D.C. with operations in Europe, South and East Asia, and the Middle East as well as the United States. Founded in 1910 by Andrew Carnegie, the organization describes itself as being dedicated to advancing cooperation between countries, reducing global conflict, and promoting active international engagement by the United States and countries around the world.
Peter "Pirre" Wallenberg Sr. was a Swedish business leader who was chairman of Investor AB for ten years.
Marc "Boy-boy" Wallenberg was a Swedish banker and business manager. A member of the prominent Wallenberg family, Marc Wallenberg was CEO of Stockholms Enskilda Bank until his death in 1971.
Bertil Näslund was a Swedish economist and emeritus professor at Handelshögskolan i Stockholm. Näslund earned his PhD from Carnegie Mellon University where he was awarded the Alexander Henderson Award. His doctoral advisor was William W. Cooper. He was made a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences in 1977, of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in 1990, and was a member of the Committee for the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Björn Arne Christer Wahlroos is a Swedish-speaking Finn, best known as a banker, investor and the chairman of the Board in Sampo Group and UPM-Kymmene. Before switching to banking Wahlroos worked as a professor at the Hanken School of Economics in Helsinki. Wahlroos holds a Doctorate in the field of Economics from the Hanken School of Economics.
Curtis Leroy Carlson was an American businessman and founder of Carlson and Radisson Hotel Group.
Per Erik Gunnar Westerberg is a Swedish politician who was Speaker of the Riksdag from 2006 to 2014. He was a Member of the Riksdag from 1979 to 2014, its most senior member from 2006 to his resignation. He was Sweden's Minister for Industry and Trade from 1991 to 1994.
Pehr Gustaf Gyllenhammar is a Swedish businessman. He is mainly known for his 24 years as CEO and chairman of Volvo, between 1970 and 1994. In the early 1980s he took the initiative for the European Round Table of Industrialists (ERT).
Karin Forseke, CBE is a Swedish businesswoman and was CEO of the Swedish investment bank D. Carnegie & Co between 2003 and 2006. She became CEO in March 2003, when Lars Bertmar resigned his position as CEO to become Chairman of the company. She resigned in March 2006, being replaced by Stig Vilhelmson. Karin Forseke was one of very few female CEOs in companies listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Christer Zetterberg was a Swedish businessman and Chairman of investment bank Carnegie.
Lars Johan Heikensten, born 13 September 1950, is a former governor of Sveriges Riksbank and Doctor of Economics.
The Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is the prize committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, and fills the same role as the Nobel Committees do for the Nobel Prizes. This means that the committee is responsible for proposing laureates for the prize. The Committee for the Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel is appointed by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. It usually consists of Swedish professors of economics or related subjects who are members of the academy, although the academy in principle could appoint anyone to the committee. Two of the members of the founding committee as well as later members of the committee had also been associated with the Mont Pelerin Society.
Markus Wiechel is a Swedish politician of the Sweden Democrats. He has been a Member of Parliament (MP) of Sweden following the resignation of Lars Isovaara on 29 November 2012. He's currently serving as member for the Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as Deputy for the Committee on the Labour Market, the Committee on Civil Affairs, the Committee on European Union Affairs as well as the Swedish delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
Charlotte Strömberg is a Swedish corporate leader. She has been CEO for the Jones Lang LaSalle Incorporated and is chairman of the board for the real estate company Castellum. Strömberg is a civilekonom.
Lars-Erik Thunholm was a Swedish banker and author. He was CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) from 1971 to 1976.
Laurent Leksell is a Swedish PhD Economics, international business leader and entrepreneur.
FriherreCarl Jacob Palmstierna was a Swedish banker. He was CEO of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB) from 1976 to 1989.
