Jan Å Berggren (born June 12, 1946) is a well known

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Real Estate developer who co-founded Jakri AB in 1983. Berggren is best known for his pioneering new urban village project, Jakriborg near Lund in South Sweden or

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. Jan Berggren and his younger brother and partner Krister built Jakri AB initially as a property

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. In recent years the brothers have diversified their projects across Scandinavia creating what is now one of South

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's most successful family run Property Funds.

Jakriborg

Jan Berggren was interviewed by

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in 2011 in reference to Jakriborg which was ranked in a book publishing

's 100 most remarkable sights', listing Jakriborg at number 2. Berggren's project has often been compared to Poundbury which was built by

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in England. Jan Berggren is regarded as one of the pioneers of

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through the realization of his project Jakri together with his brother Krister (Hence Jan and Krister ⁓ 'Jakri').

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Jan Swedish businesspeople 1946 births Living people Real estate in Sweden

Jakriborg

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