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Niklas Adalberth

Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist

Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth (born 1981) is a Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist, known as a co-founder of Klarna and the founder of Norrsken Foundation, a social impact organization founded in 2016.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Niklas Adalberth (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Oct 19, 1981.¹

Companies

KlarnaFounder¹⁰

Early life and education

Date not recordedStockholm School of Economics³

Career

Occupation: entrepreneur.⁵

Date not recordedFounded Klarna⁴

Personal life

BornOct 19, 1981, Gottsunda parish⁶
CitizenshipSweden⁷

Philanthropy

In June 2016, Adalberth founded the Norrsken foundation. At the beginning of 2017, Norrsken opened the doors to the Norrsken House office hotel at Birger Jarlsgatan in central Stockholm, where over 400 entrepreneurs with a focus on social entrepreneurship work today. In June 2019, Norrsken announced the opening of a second Norrsken House in Kigali, Rwanda, with the goal of becoming East Africa's largest hub for entrepreneurship. In June 2020, it was announced that the major banks Nordea and SEB as well as the EU, through the European Investment Fund EIF, chose to invest in Norrsken's venture capital fund Norrsken VC. Previous investors in Norrsken VC include the Swedish state's Saminvest and the H&M family Perssons Ramsbury Invest.