# Hans Dalborg > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hans_Dalborg > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Hans_Dalborg.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Dalborg > Source revision: 1347301437 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Swedish business executive (1941–2022)}} {{Infobox officeholder | successor = | order = 1st [Chairman of the Nordea Group](/source/Nordea)
2nd [Chairman of Nordea](/source/Nordea) | predecessor = Position Established | image = | birth_date = {{birth date|1941|5|21|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|26|1941|5|21|df=yes}} | resting_place = | spouse = | children = *Johanna Dalborg *Jacob Dalborg *Sofia Dalborg | parents = | profession = *Businessman *Industrialist *Philanthropist | portfolio = *[Nordea Group](/source/Nordea) | order1 = 1st [President and CEO of Nordea](/source/Nordea)
[Founder of Nordea](/source/Nordea) | predecessor1 = Position Established | term_start = 2002 | term_end = 2011 | term_end1 = 2001 | term_start1 = 1991 }} '''Hans Folkeson Dalborg''' (born 21 May 1941 in [Säter](/source/S%C3%A4ter), [Dalarna](/source/Dalarna), died 26 October 2022 in [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm),[https://di.se/nyheter/nordeas-tidigare-ordforande-hans-dalborg-ar-dod "Nordeas tidigare ordförande Hans Dalborg är död"]. di.se 2 nov 2022{{cite web | url=https://www.dn.se/familj/dodsannonser/#/CaseInline/810343 | title=Dagens Nyheter }}) was a Swedish business executive, who was chairman of the board of [Nordea](/source/Nordea) from 2002 to 2011. == Biography == Dalborg completed a B.A. degree in [Slavic languages](/source/Slavic_languages) at [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University), where he was an active member of the [Juvenalorden](/source/Juvenalorden) and a member of ''Kruthornen'', the band of the [Västmanlands-Dala nation](/source/V%C3%A4stmanlands-Dala_nation).Gunilla Sthyr, "[http://info.uu.se/notiser.nsf/pm/foretagsproffs.tar.id7B.html Företagsproffs tar över klubban] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311142016/http://info.uu.se/notiser.nsf/pm/foretagsproffs.tar.id7B.html |date=2007-03-11 }}", press release from [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University), 2003-03-11. He later studied economics at the [Stockholm School of Economics](/source/Stockholm_School_of_Economics), where he completed a doctorate in 1974.Dissertation: ''Studier i företagslokalisering, strukturutveckling och företagens utvecklingsarbete'', Diss. Stockholm : Handelshögsk. 1974.[http://websok.libris.kb.se/websearch/search?SEARCH_ONR=86597] He worked for the insurance company [Skandia](/source/Skandia) from 1972 and was chief executive officer of Skandia International Insurance Corporation from 1989 until 1991, becoming president and CEO of [Nordbanken AB](/source/Nordbanken_AB) 1991–1997, remaining as president and Group CEO of MeritaNordbanken PLC 1998–99, and President and CEO of [Nordea Bank AB](/source/Nordea) from 2000 until 2004. He has been chairman of the board of Nordea from 2002 until 2011.''The International Who's Who'' (online, published by Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group)[http://www.worldwhoswho.com/views/entry.html?id=dal-0042&ssid=41496614&n=1] Dalborg lead Nordbanken from the troubled period of the early 1990s, through the merger with the Finnish bank [Merita Bank](/source/Merita_Bank) (during which he learned [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language)) and transformation into the modern Nordea. Dalborg was the chairman of the board of the [Royal Swedish Opera](/source/Royal_Swedish_Opera), was appointed chairman of the consistory of [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University) in 2003, and elected president [praeses](/source/praeses) of the [Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences](/source/Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Engineering_Sciences) for 2005–2007, of which he has been a member since 1996.[https://web.archive.org/web/20111007040710/http://www.ivawebb.se/Members/member_detail.asp?ID=195 Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences: Dalborg, Hans], accessed 2010-06-13 Hans Dalborg was reported dead on 26 October 2022. He was 81 years old at the time of his death.{{Cite web |last=Rex |first=Martin |date=2022-11-02 |title=Nordeas tidigare ordförande Hans Dalborg är död |url=https://www.di.se/nyheter/nordeas-tidigare-ordforande-hans-dalborg-ar-dod/ |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Dagens industri |language=sv}} On 4 November 2022, Nordea’s official website published a statement confirming Dalborg’s passing.{{Cite web |title=Nordeas tidigare styrelseordförande Hans Dalborg är död |url=https://www.nordea.com/sv/nyhet/nordeas-tidigare-styrelseordforande-hans-dalborg-ar-dod |access-date=2023-07-15 |website=Nordea |language=sv}} == References == {{reflist}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalborg, Hans}} Category:1941 births Category:2022 deaths Category:People from Säter Municipality Category:Stockholm School of Economics alumni Category:Swedish businesspeople Category:Uppsala University alumni Category:Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Engineering Sciences --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Hans Dalborg](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Dalborg) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Dalborg?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.