Ivar Kreuger : the match king

IVAR KREUGER was a pioneer whose career comprised many epoch-making achievments and innovations; his activities as a building contractor, the creation of a world-wide match trust and, not least, the international finacial operations which were of a vital importance to the world economy. Although a [...]
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IVAR KREUGER was a pioneer whose career comprised many epoch-making achievments and innovations; his activities as a building contractor, the creation of a world-wide match trust and, not least, the international finacial operations which were of a vital importance to the world economy. Although a great deal has been written about the enigmatic "match king", the famous banker and former chairman of the board of Swedish Match, Lars-Erik Thunholm, is the first one to present a complete biography. He gives a full account of Ivar Kreuger, whose life still captures our imagination, seven decades after the fatal shot in Paris.