Hans E. Wallman

Wallman went to Beckmans school of advertising, was in charge of publicity for Elektra Records in Sweden 1965–1966 and was hired to head promotion for the Gröna Lund amusement park 1961–1968.

From 1956 he has had his own company; he ran an entertainment palace called Kingside 1956–1962, the restaurant Badholmen Saltsjöbaden in 1962–1968, Knäppingen in Norrköping 1964–1968, Bacchi Wapen 1972–1993, the hotel ship Mälardrottningen on the Lady Hutton 1982–1996, China Theater 1982–1991 och Folkan Theater 1991–2005.

He started the Wallman's Saloons chain in 1991 and developed the concept of waiters and waitresses putting on a big nightclub show.

For his contributions to entertainment he was awarded Guldmasken in 1991, named "company owner of the year" for Stockholm in 2000, was given the Albert Bonnier Prize for company owners in 2003 and dubbed Old Dane of the Year by an organization in Malmö in 2007.

Wallman married his wife Marie (1941-2018) in 1965, and they had a daughter Veronica the following year and a son Marcus in 1970.