Ivar Kreuger (* 2. March 1880 in Kalmar, Sweden, "† 12. March 1932 in Paris - supposed suicide) was the founder of the Svenska OFF (STAFF) and thus the central figure in the European ignition goods monopoly, a European Tycoon. In the year 1929 it created the company Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget, which exists this very day. During the world economic crisis went its company 1931 broke, which is accepted as reason for its assumed suicide.

The problem of its business strategy was that it had only at short notice borrowed the large sums, which it lent to the respective states on a long-term basis for the acquisition of the match monopoly right. Since the repayment of the credits was however not possible by the world economic crisis, Firmentrust had to be 1931 bankruptcy to announce. Kreugers head office was the matches Palace (match palace) in addition, in Stockholm, he had representative offices in many other European capitals such as Berlin and Paris.

It belonged to the foreign donors to the NSDAP.

1930 he took over the majority at the company Ericsson. A part of its former company exists today than Swedish match OFF, among other things the world largest match producer with extensive activities in the tobacco trade.

Literature

• Franc Arnau: Talents on Abwegen. Alexandre Stavisky. Ivar Kreuger. Serge ruby stone, Harry Domela. Dt. book federation, Stuttgart 1966
• All Churchill: The Ivar Kreugers improbable life. Goverts, Stuttgart 1957
• Torsten Kreuger: The truth about Ivar Kreuger. Eye-witness reports, secret documents, documents. Sea-forest, Stuttgart 1966
• Ludwig Marcuse: The legend of our days. in: The diary. 7. May 1932. (Articles over Kreuger)
• Lars Erik Thunholm: Ivar Kreuger. The match king. Fischer, Stockholm, 2002, ISBN 91-7054-958-3

Related links

• "The legend of our days". Ivar Kreuger, the Swedish match king. University of Mainz, with detailed bibliography
• Kreuger
• Swedish matches

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