Sven Hagströmer

Sven Hagströmer (born 30 November 1943) is a Swedish business executive, best known as the founder of Avanza Bank[1] and investment company Creades.

He is the grandson of the governor of Blekinge and the judge of appeal, Sven Axel Eschelsson Hagströmer and Sigrid Karolina Wising, who in turn was the daughter of professor and medical doctor Per Johan Wising and Sophie Henriette Benedicks, granddaughter of the German-Jewish immigrant jeweler Michael Benedicks who converted to Christianity; thus his father was cousin of Raoul Wallenberg.

The plane plunged into the water at 110 kilometers per hour and capsized in connection with Hagströmer landing at the island Rödlöga off Norrtälje.

[9] Sven Hagströmer is involved in various social projects, including Arbetsmäklarna at Tensta School where he helps young students get in touch with employers.

He is a passionate book collector[14][15] and founded the publishing agency Fri Tanke together with Christer Sturmark and Björn Ulvaeus in 2007.

In 2011 he founded the AllBright foundation that works to increase the number of women holding positions of power within the business sector.