Knut Agathon Wallenberg
Knut Agathon Wallenberg (born May 19, 1853 in Stockholm ; † June 1, 1938 there ) was a Swedish banker and politician . As the son of the banker and politician André Oscar Wallenberg and his wife Catharina Wilhelmina Andersson, Knut belonged to the famous Wallenberg family .
Life
In 1878 Wallenberg married Alice Nickelsen. From 1886 he was chairman of Stockholms Enskilda Bank (today: SEB ), which he made Sweden's most important bank. He was also one of the founders of Stockholm's Business School and Chamber of Commerce. From 1907 to 1919 he was a member of the first chamber of the Swedish parliament . From 1914 to 1917 he was Swedish Foreign Minister and in this capacity he represented a strict policy of neutrality in his country during the First World War .
He founded the town of Saltsjöbaden and its S-Bahn connection to Stockholm .
He was also a Knight of the Royal Order of the Seraphines .
Science Foundation
Together with his wife, Knut Agathon Wallenberg laid the foundation for the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation ( Knut och Alice Wallenbergs Stiftelse in Swedish ) with 20 million crowns in 1917 . In 2008 the foundation's assets amounted to more than US $ 5 billion. It is the largest private research grant in Sweden.
literature
- Knut Agathon Wallenberg . In: Herman Hofberg, Frithiof Heurlin, Viktor Millqvist, Olof Rubenson (eds.): Svenskt biografiskt handlexikon . 2nd Edition. tape 2 : L – Z, including supplement . Albert Bonniers Verlag, Stockholm 1906, p. 687 (Swedish, runeberg.org ).
- Newspaper article about Knut Agathon Wallenberg in the press kit of the 20th century of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .
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| SURNAME | Wallenberg, Knut Agathon |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish banker and politician, member of the Riksdag |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 19, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stockholm |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1938 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |