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Sweden unveils 119 billionaires in a country of 9 million

Thursday, 13 December 2012
Sweden has 119 billionaires in 2012, 11 more than last year, according to the last headcount carried out by Swedish weekly business news magazine, Veckans Affärer.

In its yearly head count, Veckans Affärer put out a list of billionaires in Sweden who have a combined wealth of Skr1,300 billion, representing nearly 40 percent of Sweden's GDP.

Image from SVT: The three richest in Sweden: Ingvar Kamprad, Antonia Ax: son Johnson and Stefan Persson
Ikea founder Ingvar Kamprad tops the list, just like last year, the 86-year-old, according to Veckans Affärer a fortune of Skr 500 billion, which is significantly more than any other on the list.

Hennes & Mauritz great owner, Stefan Persson is in second place with Skr175 billion, and in third place are Antonia Ax: son Johnson, chairman of the Axel Johnson Group, with Skr48 billion. Ax: son Johnson is one of five women who qualify on the 30 long list of names.

This year's list is very similar to last year, with one notable exception. The list's only newcomer Ane Uggla, (AP Moller Maersk) is ranked as high as eighth place.
See table below

Top ten richest Swedes:

Position (last year's position in brackets)	Name / age	Companies	Wealth 2012, billion (Skr)
1 (1) Ingvar Kamprad,	86	Ikea	500
2 (2) Stefan Persson,	65	H & M	175
3 (3) Antonia Ax: son Johnson,	69	Axel Johnson	48
4 (4) Hans Rausing,	86	Tetra Laval	47
5 (5) Finn Rausing,	57	Tetra Laval	40
6 (6) Jörn Rausing,	51	Tetra Laval	40
7 (7) Kirsten Rausing,	60	Tetra Laval	40
8 (New) Ane Uggla,,	64	AP Moller Maersk	32
9 (8) Lottie Tham,	62	H & M	26
10 (10) Melker Schörling,	65	Hexagon / Securitas	20
Source: Veckans Affärer

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