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Kreuger
Kreuger is a surname, variant of Kruger. 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 *Henrik Kreüger (1882–1953), Swedish engineer *Ivar Kreuger (1880–1932), Swedish entrepreneur and "Match King"; failed speculator or swindler *Kurt Kreuger (1916–2006), Swiss-German actor *Nathan Kreuger (born 1999), Australian rules footballer *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 *References {{surname, Kreuger [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 monopoly, monopolies with European, Central America, 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 investor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kruger
Krüger, Krueger, Kreuger‘’’’ 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, both associated with the Germanic word wikt:Krug, "jug". 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 * Ashlyn Krueger (born 2004), American tennis player * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), American conceptual artist * Bernhard Krüger (1904–1989), German SS officer and counterfeiter * Bob Krueger (1935–2022), American politician * Bradley Kruger (born 1988), Dutch cricketer * Carl Kruger (born 1949), American politician * Clifford ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Kreuger
David Kreuger is a 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 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'' 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 Melodifestivalen (; ) is an annual song competition organised by Swedish public broadcasters Sveriges Television (SVT) and Sveriges Radio (SR). It determines the country's representative for the Eu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Kreüger
Henrik Kreüger (1882–1953) was born in Kalmar, Sweden, and obtained his M.Sc. in civil engineering in 1904 at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm. After graduating, he worked for the construction company Fritz Söderbergh in Stockholm until 1908, when he went back to the university to work as an employed teacher at the faculty for civil engineering. In parallel he also worked as a consulting engineer for the construction company Kreuger & Toll that started their business in 1908, a couple of months after Ivar Kreuger had returned from America. Henrik Kreüger and Ivar Kreuger formed an affiliate to the US company Trussed Concrete Steel Company in Sweden early 1908, but later Ivar decided to form his own construction company to become independent of the US company. However, Ivar preferred to form this new company (Kreuger & Toll) together with engineer Paul Toll that had several years of practical experience in the construction business. Henrik Kreüger then came ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kurt Kreuger
Kurt Kreuger (July 23, 1916 – July 12, 2006) was a Swiss-reared Germany, 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 (1943 American film), 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 Zoltan Korda, Zoltán forgot to yell cut, and Rex In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Kreuger
Nathan Kreuger (born 25 June 1999) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Geelong Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He previously played for and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Kreuger was picked in a roundabout way in 2018 prior to the draft. The two bottom teams on the ladder that year and applied for priority picks in the National Draft, which the AFL denied. However, were granted pre-draft access to up to three and up to two mature-aged State League players each, these selections could be traded to other clubs. Carlton had traded one of their picks to Geelong. Kreuger has the physical attributes to be a key forward, he spent his first two seasons developing his game in the Victorian Football League (VFL). He made his debut against in Tasmania. At the end of the 2021 season, Kreuger was traded to Collingwood. Kreuger played 13 games across three seasons at the Magpies, before being delisted at the end of the 2 ... [...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 Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, but was forced to discontinue them due to illness. In 1878, he was able to resume studying at the private paint ...[...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, and the Caspian regi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rick Kreuger
Richard Allen Kreuger (born November 3, 1948) 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 U.S. state, state in the Southeastern Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Kent Krueger
William Kent Krueger (born November 16, 1950) 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 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 storie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Occupational Surnames
In many societies, a surname, family name, or last name is the mostly hereditary portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family. It is typically combined with a given name to form the full name of a person, although several given names and surnames are possible in the full name. In modern times most surnames are hereditary, although in most countries a person has a right to change their name. Depending on culture, the surname may be placed either at the start of a person's name, or at the end. The number of surnames given to an individual also varies: in most cases it is just one, but in Portuguese-speaking countries and many Spanish-speaking countries, two surnames (one inherited from the mother and another from the father) are used for legal purposes. Depending on culture, not all members of a family unit are required to have identical surnames. In some countries, surnames are modified depending on gender and family membership status of a person. Compound surn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
