Sten Allan Olsson
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Born28 October 1916
Donsö, Gothenburg archipelago, Sweden
Died12 July 2013 (aged 96)
OccupationBusinessman
SpouseBirgit Andersson
Sten Allan Olsson | |
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 Olsson and Inger Nilsson (as Pippi Longstocking) on board MS Stena Danica II, 1969 | |
| Born | 28 October 1916 Donsö, Gothenburg archipelago, Sweden |
| Died | 12 July 2013 (aged 96) |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Spouse | Birgit Andersson |
| Children | Dan Olsson Stefan Olsson Madeleine Olsson Eriksson |
Sten Allan Olsson (28 October 1916 – 12 July 2013) was a Swedish billionaire businessman, the founder, CEO and owner of Stena Sphere.
Sten Allan Olsson was born on 28 October 1916, on Donsö, in the Gothenburg archipelago, the son of a schooner owner and captain.[1][2] He was educated at Ljungskile Folk High School, followed by a commercial college in Gothenburg.[1]
Olsson started a Gothenburg metals and rubber trading company in 1939, at the start of the Second World War, and moved into freight shipping.[3][4] He founded the ferry company Stena Line in 1962, initially on the Gothenburg-Skagen route.[3][4]
He died on 12 July 2013.[1]
He married Birgit Andersson in 1944, and they had three children.[1]
