Torsten Kreuger | |
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 Kreuger in 1943 | |
| Born | 17 June 1884 Kalmar, Sweden |
| Died | 12 October 1973 (aged 89) |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Education | engineer |
| Alma mater | |
| Occupation(s) | industrialist, newspaper owner and banker |
| Relatives | Ivar Kreuger (brother) |
Torsten Kreuger (17 June 1884 – 12 October 1973) was a Swedish engineer, industrialist, newspaper owner and banker.
Kreuger was born in Kalmar, a son of Ernst August Kreuger, and a brother of Ivar Kreuger. He was married three times, first to Elsa Anna Cecilia Tamm (from 1913), second to Mary Wilhelmina Nobel (from 1934), and third to Diana Blanchfleure Hedberg (from 1942).[1]
With Diana Blanchfleure Hedberg
⚭: Estelle Ax:son Johnson (b.?) m.?- div.?; member of the Ax:son Johnson Family
⚭: Princess Irina of Romania, third daughter of King Michael I of Romania and his wife Queen Anne, m. 1983 - div. 2003
Kreuger graduated from the Chalmers University of Technology in 1905, and undertook further studies at the KTH Royal Institute of Technology. On behalf of his father and uncle he established and developed the match factory Kalmar tändsticksfabrik, and was also involved in a factory for producing machinery for match production.[1]
During the 1920s he became interested in acquiring ownership of newspapers. He was owner of the newspapers Stockholms Dagblad and Aftonbladet, and for a short period also Stockholms-Tidningen. In 1932 he was sentenced to prison for fraud.[1]
