Madeleine Olsson Eriksson (born 25 August 1945) is a Swedish gynecologist, businesswoman, and philanthropist.

Biography

Olsson Eriksson was born in on 25 August 1945 in

Gothenburg Gothenburg (; abbreviated Gbg; sv, Göteborg ) is the second-largest city in Sweden, fifth-largest in the Nordic countries, and capital of the Västra Götaland County. It is situated by the Kattegat, on the west coast of Sweden, and has ...

,Sveriges befolkning 1990, CD-ROM, Version 1.00, Riksarkivet (2011). the only daughter of

Sten Allan Olsson 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 schoo ...

, the founder of Stena Sphere. Her brothers are

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, Stefan and Christofer. Olsson Eriksson grew up as the oldest child in the Olsson shipping family. After graduating from the Latin line, she began academic studies in

Lund Lund (, , ) is a city in the southern Swedish provinces of Sweden, province of Scania, across the Øresund, Öresund strait from Copenhagen. The town had 91,940 inhabitants out of a municipal total of 121,510 . It is the seat of Lund Municipali ...

, where she received a

bachelor's degree A bachelor's degree (from Middle Latin ''baccalaureus'') or baccalaureate (from Modern Latin ''baccalaureatus'') is an undergraduate academic degree awarded by colleges and universities upon completion of a course of study lasting three to six ...

. She then changed careers, studied medicine at

Karolinska Institute The Karolinska Institute (KI; sv, Karolinska Institutet; sometimes known as the (Royal) Caroline Institute in English) is a research-led medical university in Solna within the Stockholm urban area of Sweden. The Karolinska Institute is consist ...

Stockholm Stockholm () is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, largest city of Sweden as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in Scandinavia. Approximately 980,000 people liv ...

and received her medical ID in 1981.Porträtt: Madeleine Olsson Eriksson
Karolinska Institutet. Åtkomst 30 juni 2013. She has since worked in Gotland, among other places. Since the 1990s, she has been active at Avenykliniken in central Gothenburg, which she owns together with two partners. In 1996, Olsson Eriksson became chairman of Sten A Olsson's Foundation for Research and Culture. The foundation, which was founded in connection with her father's 80th birthday, annually supports various cultural personalities, institutions and research projects in western Sweden. For this commitment, she was appointed an honorary doctor in 2007 by the Faculty of Arts at the

University of Gothenburg The University of Gothenburg ( sv, Göteborgs universitet) is a university in Sweden's second largest city, Gothenburg. Founded in 1891, the university is the third-oldest of the current Swedish universities and with 37,000 students and 6000 st ...

. Olsson Eriksson was ranked 22nd among Sweden's billionaires in 2012 and was the fifth richest woman.Hela listan: Sveriges miljardärer 2012
Veckans Affärer 14 december 2012. Åtkomst 1 juli 2013.

Personal life

Since 1982, Olsson Eriksson has been married to company manager Bert-Åke Eriksson who is active in Stena Sphere. The couple have two children Gustav (born 1983) and Marie (born 1985).

References

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