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André Oscar Wallenberg (19 November 1816 – 12 January 1886) was a Swedish banker, industrialist, naval officer, newspaper tycoon, politician and a patriarch of the Wallenberg family.
The family’s history all began with André Oscar Wallenberg (1816-1886), who decided to leave his career as a naval officer to capitalize on the new wave of entrepreneurship that he had witnessed evolving in other countries.
André Oscar Wallenberg ( i riksdagen kallad Wallenberg i Stockholm ), född 19 november 1816 i Linköpings församling, Östergötlands län, död 12 januari 1886 i Skeppsholms församling, Stockholms stad, [ 1] var en svensk bankman, sjöofficer, publicist samt riksdagsledamot från 1853 till sin död 1886. [ 2]
André Oscar Wallenberg's son Knut Agathon Wallenberg took over as CEO of Stockholms Enskilda Bank in 1886. Like many other Wallenberg relatives, Knut Agathon Wallenberg was also involved in Swedish politics and diplomacy becoming Minister for Foreign Affairs 1914–1917, and member of the Riksdags first chamber ( Parliament of Sweden) 1907–1919.
Jan 19, 2024 · The family’s significant contribution to the Swedish industrial and finance sector started with the formation of Stockholms Enskilda Bank (now SEB, the second largest bank in the Nordics) in 1856, and its founder André Oscar Wallenberg (1816-1886).
The Wallenbergs’ engagement in today’s Atlas Copco Group starts with one of Sweden’s first commercial banks, Stockholms Enskilda Bank, which André Oscar Wallenberg founded in 1856. Seventeen years later, in 1873, he helped start his second company, Atlas, which sold equipment to the railway.
SEB’s tradition of supporting people and companies, and contributing to the development of society, goes back to 1856, when André Oscar Wallenberg founded the bank. We are also part of something bigger – the Wallenberg ecosystem.
With his leg in a splint, after falling in the slush on a street in Stockholm's Old Town, entrepreneur André Oscar Wallenberg founds Stockholms Enskilda Bank. His goal during this period of pioneering spirit in Sweden is to provide inventors and entrepreneurs with capital for industrial initiatives.
The Founder: André Oscar Wallenberg (1816-1886), Swedish Banker, Politician & Journalist. Göran B. Nilsson. Almqvist & Wiksell International, 2005 - Biography & Autobiography - 445 pages....
Stockholms Enskilda Bank, sometimes called Enskilda banken or SEB, was a Swedish bank, founded in 1856 by André Oscar Wallenberg as Stockholm's first private bank.
