Sven Hagströmer

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Sven Hagströmer (born 1943) is Swedish businessman. Together with his business partner Mats Qviberg, he controls a group of companies which include Hagströmer & Qviberg and Investment AB Öresund.

[edit] Education and Early Career

Hagströmer went to Stockholm University but did not graduate. His first job was with a minor finance company, before joining giants Investor AB in 1973. He stayed there until 1981, when he founded his own finance company.

[edit] Hagströmer & Qviberg

During the 1980s, he met Mats Qviberg, who at that time was a stock broker at Carnegie Investment Bank. In 1990, Qviberg joined Hagströmer's company as a partner and it was renamed Hagströmer & Qviberg. Through the acquisition of Öresund in 1993, the pair built up an empire together. Today, Hagströmer is the Chairman of Öresund, while Qviberg is Chief Executive Officer.

The two are known to be good friends and very close business partners, they even share a desk in their head office.

[edit] Political Views

Like his partner Qviberg, Hagströmer has been politically outspoken. He is a known Eurosceptic. In the referendum on the Euro in 2003, he actively supported the no side. At first Qviberg took the opposite view, but later changed his mind. Hagströmer served on the board of the eurosceptic June List which received 15% of the Swedish votes in the election to the European Parliament in 2004. He left the board in autumn of 2006.