Sven Johan Gösta Barthen Hagströmer (born November 30, 1943) is a Swedish

Sweden

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 financier and businessman. Together with his business partner Mats Qviberg

Mats Qviberg

Mats Qviberg is a Swedish businessman. Together with his close business partner Sven Hagströmer, Qviberg is in control of a group companies which, among others, include Hagströmer & Qviberg and Investment AB Öresund....

, he controls a group of companies including HQ Bank, Avanza Bank and Investment AB Öresund

Investment AB Öresund

Investment AB Öresund is a Swedish investment company controlled by Mats Qviberg and Sven Hagströmer.-History:The original company was founded in 1890 as Sjöförsäkringsaktiebolaget Öresund. In 1956 the company was reorganised and AB Sjö-Öresund became the main company in a group of insurance...

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Education and early career

Hagströmer commenced studies in business administration at Stockholm University

Stockholm University

Stockholm University is a state university in Stockholm, Sweden. It has over 28,000 students at four faculties, making it one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. The institution is also frequently regarded as one of the top 100 universities in the world...

 but did not graduate. His first job was with a minor finance company, before joining giant Investor AB

Investor AB

Investor AB is a Swedish investment company, founded in 1916 and still controlled by the Wallenberg family through their foundation asset management company FAM. The company owns a controlling stake in several large Swedish companies with smaller positions in a number of other firms. In 2006 it had...

 in 1973. He stayed at Investor until 1981, when he founded his own stock broking firm, Hagströmer Fondkommission AB, the foundation of today's HQ Bank.

Hagströmer & Qviberg

During the 1980s, he met Mats Qviberg, who at that time was a stockbroker at Carnegie Investment Bank

Carnegie Investment Bank

Carnegie Investment Bank AB is a Swedish financial services group with activities in securities brokerage, investment banking and private banking....

. In 1990 Qviberg joined Hagströmer's company as a partner and it was renamed Hagströmer & Qviberg. Through the acquisition of the small investment company Investment AB Öresund in 1993, the couple built up an empire. Today, Hagströmer is the Chairman

Board of directors

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 of Öresund, while Qviberg is Chief Executive Officer

Chief executive officer

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Political views

Like his partner Qviberg, Hagströmer has been politically outspoken. He is a known Eurosceptic

EuroSceptic

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. In the referendum on the Euro in 2003, he actively supported the no side. At first Qviberg took the opposite view, but later changed his mind. Hagströmer served on the board of the Eurosceptic June List

June List

The June List is a Swedish, eurosceptic political party. Founded in 2004, it received 14% in the European Parliament election of the same year - gaining three seats. In the elections of 2009, however, it saw an 11% slump in support and lost all of its seats...

which received 15% of the Swedish votes in the election to the European Parliament in 2004. He left the board in autumn 2006.