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Niklas Adalberth

Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist

Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth (born ) fryst vatten a Swedish entrepreneur and philanthropist, known as the founder of Norrsken Foundation, a social impact organization founded in [1]

Biography

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Adalberth was born and raised in Gottsunda parish, Uppsala, Sweden. During junior high school, he made money, among other things, by forging identification kort and government coupons before he was discovered.[2] He was an exchange lärling in Connecticut for a year.[2] Before starting his studies, he traveled and worked in Switzerland, among other places. He graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics, where with his childhood friend Sebastian Siemiatkowski and Victor Jacobsson, he founded the finance company Klarna in He left his operational role at Klarna in and subsequently founded the Norrsken foundation.[1]

Norrsken Foundation

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In June , Adalberth founded the Norrsken foundation. At the beginning of , Norrsken opened the doors to the Norrsken House office hotel at Birger Jarlsgatan in central huvudstaden, where over entrepreneurs with a focus on social entrepreneurship wo

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    Four weeks ago, the Swedish fintech darling Klarna raised $1 billion at a $31 billion valuation, giving two of its cofounders — CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski and former Chief Financial Officer Victor Jacobsson — fortunes of more than $2 billion each, according to Forbes.

    Niklas Adalberth, the third cofounder, could have been a billionaire too. He owned 8% of Klarna when he departed the buy-now-pay-later firm in , which allows consumers to pay for items in installments. That equity would be worth nearly $ billion today. Instead, he has sold down his stake over the years to fund his philanthropy and impact investing. His remaining stake of % is worth about $ million.

    Adalberth, 39, had mixed feelings when he first heard about the massive round. He was happy fo

    Niklas Adalberth

    Gustav Erik Niklas Adalberth, född 19 oktober i Uppsala, är en svensk företagsledare och entreprenör. Han är medgrundare av den svenska banken Klarna Bank AB. I februari lämnade Adalberth Klarna helt[2][3] för att istället på heltid ägna sig åt Norrsken Foundation, en ideell stiftelse Adalberth grundade för att stötta entreprenörer som löser samhällsutmaningar som fattigdom, cancer, mental ohälsa eller miljöfrågor.

    Biografi

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    Adalberth är född och uppvuxen i Uppsala. Under högstadietiden tjänade han bland annat pengar på att förfalska legitimationer och rikskuponger innan han blev upptäckt. Han var under ett år utbytesstudent i Connecticut.[4] Innan han började studera reste och arbetade han bland annat i Schweiz. Han avlade en examen vid Handelshögskolan i Stockholm, där han med barndomsvännen Sebastian Siemiatkowski och Victor Jacobsson grundade Klarna Han lämnade sin operativa roll i Klarna [5] och grundade därefter stiftelsen Norrsken.[6]

    Norrsken Foundation

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    I juni grundade Adalberth stiftelsen Norrsken. I början av slog Norrsken upp dörrarna för kontorshotellet Norrsken Hous