Hans Dalborg
1st Chairman of the Nordea Group
2nd Chairman of Nordea
In office
2002–2011
Preceded byPosition Established
1st President and CEO of Nordea
Founder of Nordea
In office
1991–2001
Preceded byPosition Established
Personal details
Born21 May 1941
Died26 October 2022
NationalitySwedish
Children
  • Johanna Dalborg
  • Jacob Dalborg
  • Sofia Dalborg
Profession
  • Businessman
  • Industrialist
  • Philanthropist
Portfolio

Hans Folkeson Dalborg (born 21 May 1941 in Säter, Dalarna, dead 26 October 2022 in Stockholm,[1][2]) was a Swedish business executive, who was chairman of the board of Nordea from 2002 to 2011.

Biography

Dalborg completed a B.A. degree in Slavic languages at Uppsala University, where he was an active member of the Juvenalorden and a member of Kruthornen, the band of the Västmanlands-Dala nation.[3] He later studied economics at the Stockholm School of Economics, where he completed a doctorate in 1974.[4]

He worked for the insurance company Skandia from 1972 and was chief executive officer of Skandia International Insurance Corporation from 1989 until 1991, becoming president and CEO of Nordbanken AB 1991–1997, remaining as president and Group CEO of MeritaNordbanken PLC 1998–99, and President and CEO of Nordea Bank AB from 2000 until 2004. He has been chairman of the board of Nordea from 2002 until 2011.[5] Dalborg lead Nordbanken from the troubled period of the early 1990s, through the merger with the Finnish bank Merita (during which he learned Finnish) and transformation into the modern Nordea.[3]

Dalborg was the chairman of the board of the Royal Swedish Opera, was appointed chairman of the consistory of Uppsala University in 2003, and elected president praeses of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences for 2005–2007, of which he has been a member since 1996.[6]

Hans Dalborg was reported dead on 26 October 2022. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.[7] On 4 November 2022, Nordea’s official website published a statement confirming Dalborg’s passing.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "Nordeas tidigare ordförande Hans Dalborg är död". di.se 2 nov 2022
  2. ↑ "Dagens Nyheter".
  3. 1 2 Gunilla Sthyr, "Företagsproffs tar över klubban Archived 2007-03-11 at the Wayback Machine", press release from Uppsala University, 2003-03-11.
  4. ↑ Dissertation: Studier i företagslokalisering, strukturutveckling och företagens utvecklingsarbete, Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk. 1974.
  5. ↑ The International Who's Who (online, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group)
  6. ↑ Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences: Dalborg, Hans, accessed 2010-06-13
  7. ↑ RexText, Martin (2022-11-02). "Nordeas tidigare ordförande Hans Dalborg är död". Dagens industri (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
  8. ↑ "Nordeas tidigare styrelseordförande Hans Dalborg är död". Nordea (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-07-15.
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