Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg (born July 2, 1972)[1] is a Swedish automotive engineer and entrepreneur.

The von Koenigsegg lineage is attested from CE 1171 and originates in Swabia, in the Holy Roman Empire, where his ancestors were knights (see Königsegg for details).

[5] The current logo of Koenigsegg Automotive is based on the Königsegg familial coat of arms.

[citation needed] He showed an interest in cars from an early age, starting at the age of five when he watched the stop-motion film The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, about a bicycle builder who built a racing car, Il Tempo Gigante [nb].

[9][27] Koenigsegg suffers from alopecia areata universalis, an autoimmune disorder in which the body turns against its own hair follicles.