Sten Allan Olsson (28 October 1916 – 12 July 2013) was a Swedish

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businessman, the founder, CEO and owner of Stena Sphere. Sten Allan Olsson was born on 28 October 1916, on

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, in the Gothenburg archipelago, the son of a schooner owner and captain. He was educated at Ljungskile Folk High School, followed by a commercial college 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 ...

. Olsson started a Gothenburg metals and rubber trading company in 1939, at the start of the Second World War, and moved into freight shipping. He founded the ferry company

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in 1962, initially on the Gothenburg-Skagen route. He died on 12 July 2013. He married Birgit Andersson in 1944, and they had three children.

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1916 births 2013 deaths People from Gothenburg Swedish businesspeople Swedish billionaires {{Sweden-business-bio-stub