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Jan-Åke Jonsson
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Jan-Åke Jonsson

Swedish businessman

Jan-Åke Jonsson (born September 18, 1951) was the managing director of Saab Automobile AB from April 1, 2005, to March 25, 2011.2

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Born Sep 18, 1951.1

About

He currently sits as Chairman of the Board for Polstiernan Industri AB.

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Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUppsala University3

Born in Valdemarsvik, Sweden, Jonsson received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University and first joined Saab-Scania's Automobile Division in Nyköping in 1973.

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Career

Occupation: chief executive officer, entrepreneur, chairperson.5

He held a variety of positions in Systems Development until becoming a Director for Aftersales & Services of Saab in Trollhättan in 1990. Jonsson held a variety of senior managerial position with Saab, including two years as vice president for Sales and Marketing for Saab USA, in Atlanta, GA (1991-1993), until he replaced Peter Augustsson at the helm of Saab Automobile in 2005. In 2010 he Received the Swedish Business Award for Outstanding Achievements of the first magnitude from the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry for decisive action for the western Swedish industry, regarding the way he led Saab Automobile through a restructuring process and protracted sale negotiations that continued for over a year.

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Personal life

  • CitizenshipSweden6

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