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Kreuger
Kreuger is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *David Kreuger, Swedish songwriter * Frederik H. Kreuger (1928–2015), Dutch high-voltage scientist, professor emeritus and a professional author *Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), Swedish entrepreneur and "Match King"; failed speculator or swindler *Kurt Kreuger (1916–2006), Swiss-German actor *Nils Kreuger (1858–1930), Swedish painter *Ragnar Kreuger (1897–1997), Finnish industrialist and amateur oologist *Rick Kreuger (born 1948), American baseball pitcher *William Kent Krueger (born 1950) American novelist and crime writer See also *Kreuger & Toll, former Swedish industrial company *Freddy Kreuger (single), single by Surrey-based rock band Reuben *Krueger Krüger, Krueger or Kruger (without the umlaut Ü) are German surnames originating from '' Krüger'', meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and potter in Central German and Upper German. The last name Krüger with umlaut dots is widespread in Ger ... Swedish-l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kreuger & Toll
Kreuger & Toll was a company founded on May 18, 1908 by two Swedish engineers, Ivar Kreuger and Paul Toll, with Henrik Kreüger working as a consultant and chief engineer. History Early 1908, Ivar and his cousin Henrik Kreüger planned to establish a construction company that would work for the US company Trussed Concrete Steel Co. on the Swedish market to represent its new building methods based on reinforced concrete. At the same time Henrik Kreüger had introduced Paul Toll to Ivar. It turned out that Ivar formed the company with Paul, who had several years of practical experience in the construction business as an engineer, and was later site manager for the Swedish construction company Kasper & Höglund AB. The company was founded as a construction company with the name Kreuger & Toll on May 18, 1908 by Ivar Kreuger and Paul Toll with a total start capital of 10,000 SEK. The company was set up with a 60/40% ownership (Ivar 60%) and a profit split 50/50 between Ivar and Paul. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivar Kreuger
Ivar Kreuger (; 2 March 1880 – 12 March 1932) was a Swedish civil engineer, financier, entrepreneur and industrialist. In 1908, he co-founded the construction company Kreuger & Toll Byggnads AB, which specialized in new building techniques. By aggressive investments and innovative financial instruments, he built a global match and financial empire. Between the two world wars, he negotiated match monopolies with European, Central American and South American governments, and finally controlled between two thirds and three quarters of worldwide match production, becoming known as the "Match King".''Kreuger Genius And Swindler'' by Robert Shaplen (Alfred A. Knopf Inc. New York; 1960, p.9) Kreuger's financial empire has been described by one biographer as a Ponzi scheme, based on the supposedly fantastic profitability of his match monopolies. However, in a Ponzi scheme early investors are paid dividends from their own money or that of subsequent investors. Although Kreuger did this ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kreuger
David Kreuger is a Swedish people, Swedish songwriter and music producer. Career David Kreuger began at Cheiron Studios in the spring of 1993. During the period 1993-1997, he worked with Per Magnusson on several projects. Together, they produced and wrote songs for Swedish artists such as E-Type (musician), E-Type and Leila K, but also for international groups such as Solid Harmonie and Lyte Funkie Ones. Kreuger, Magnusson, and Jörgen Elofsson worked with Boyzone on their album ''Where We Belong (album), Where We Belong'' in 1997, and Britney Spears's debut studio album in 1999. He also co-produced Leah Haywood's debut single We Think It's Love, which was a top ten single in Australia. Kreuger also co-wrote the second #1 hit, "If I Let You Go", by Westlife. Eurovision Song Contest national finals entries ;Melodifestivalen entries (Sweden) ;Krajowe Eliminacje entries (Poland) External links Official A Side Productions website Year of birth missing (living people) Livi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Kreuger
Kurt Kreuger (July 23, 1916 – July 12, 2006) was a Swiss-reared German actor. Kreuger once was the third-most-requested male actor at 20th Century Fox. He starred with, among others, Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart. Life and career Kreuger was born in Michendorf near Potsdam, but he grew up in Switzerland (in St. Moritz). He attended the London School of Economics and enrolled in Columbia University (New York City) to study medicine, but he soon dropped out to pursue a career in acting. His father, a businessman, cut off his allowance after he embarked seriously on an acting career. In 1943, during the filming of ''Sahara'', Kreuger was almost killed in a dramatic scene because the director almost forgot to say "cut". He was quoted by the ''San Francisco Chronicle'': I was running across the dunes when Tambul jumped on top of me and pressed my head into the sand to suffocate me. Only Zoltán forgot to yell cut, and Ingram was so emotionally caught up in the scene that he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Kreuger
Nils Edvard Kreuger (11 October 1858 – 11 May 1930) was a Swedish painter. He specialized in landscapes and rural scenes. from the '''' @ Biography His father, Johan August (1821–1887), operated a lumber and wood products business. In 1874, he began his studies at the , but was forced to discontinue them due to illness. In 1878, he was able to resu ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragnar Kreuger
Ragnar Kreuger (4 August 1897 – 27 October 1997) was a Finnish industrialist and amateur ornithologist. From 1926 Kreuger acquired an engineering company, a construction firm, and electrical, now YIT. He started birds egg-collecting as a little boy in the 1910s. In 1917 he bought his first Finnish private collection. He went on to collect birds eggs for more than 50 years. He acquired collections from across the globe. In 1962, he donated his collection of the University of Helsinki, where it is maintained in the Finnish Museum of Natural History as Museum Oologicum R. Kreuger, but he continued to collect as a hobby, and to expand the collection even after the exchange and purchase of eggs was made illegal. Kreuger was an avid hunter. He bought the island of Hättö in Ingå and introduced there a number of exotic plant and animal species. For instance, in 1939 he purchased Mouflon The mouflon (''Ovis gmelini'') is a wild sheep native to Cyprus, the Caspian Sea, Caspia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Kreuger
Richard Allen Kreuger (born November 3, 1948, in Grand Rapids, Michigan) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1975 through 1978 for the Boston Red Sox (1975–77) and Cleveland Indians (1978). Listed at , 185 lb., he batted right-handed and threw left-handed. An All-American at Michigan State University, Kreuger posted a 2–2 record with 20 strikeouts and a 4.06 ERA in 17 appearances for Boston and Cleveland. He also pitched for the Yomiuri Giants (1979) of Japan, Triple-A Pawtucket Red Sox (1980), and in the Puerto Rican league for the Criollos de Caguas (1981). Following his playing career, Kreuger worked as a head baseball coach at Cornerstone College (1995–96) and has done some mission work, traveling to Russia and talked to children in orphanages and to soldiers. He has also gone on a couple of mission trips with former Cleveland Browns tackle Bill Glass, visiting prisons in Pittsburgh and Florida Florida is a state located in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger is an American novelist and crime writer, best known for his series of novels featuring Cork O'Connor, which are set mainly in Minnesota. In 2005 and 2006, he won back-to-back Anthony Awards for best novel. In 2014, his stand-alone book '' Ordinary Grace'' won the Edgar Award for Best Novel of 2013. In 2019, '' This Tender Land'' was a on the ''New York Times'' bestseller list for nearly six months. Biographical details Krueger has said that he wanted to be a writer from the third grade when his story "The Walking Dictionary" was praised by his teacher and parents. He attended Stanford University, but his academic path was cut short when he came into conflict with the university's administration during student protests of spring 1970. Throughout his early life, he supported himself by logging timber, digging ditches, working in construction, and being published as a freelance journalist; he never stopped writing. He wrote short stories and sketches for ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freddy Kreuger (single)
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Krueger
Krüger, Krueger or Kruger (without the umlaut Ü) are German surnames originating from ''Krüger'', meaning tavern-keeper in Low German and potter in Central German and Upper German. The last name Krüger with umlaut dots is widespread in Germany with some 155,000 people bearing this last name, whereas the form without umlaut dots is widespread in South Africa with some 65,000 people, in the US with some 20,000 people and in Brazil with some 14,000 people. In all other countries both forms have less than 5,000 people bearing it. Notable people with the surname include: People * Adalbert Krueger (1832–1896), German astronomer * Alan Krueger (1960–2019), American economist * Alex Kruger (born 1963), English Olympic decathlete * Alma Kruger (1871–1960), American stage and film actress * Anne Osborn Krueger (born 1934), American economist * Anton Robert Krueger (born 1971), South African writer * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), American conceptual artist * Bernhard Krüge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
