Leif Ivan Karlsson age – how old is he?
Leif Ivan Karlsson was born on April 9, 1960, which means that he will turn 65 in the spring of 2025.
How did Leif Ivan Karlsson become famous?
Leif Ivan Karlsson became known to large parts of the Swedish people when he appeared in the television program “Svenska millionaires” and the reality series “Karlssons”, which was about the entrepreneur’s family.
– In our normal life, it is brutal action. I have twelve companies and refine companies, properties, companies and everything I take in. A super entrepreneur has a devil of a time with projects and controls all projects in his vicinity. We are workaholics and are never free, said Leif Ivan to Aftonbladet about his own family and their everyday life before the premiere in 2016.
Leif Ivan Karlsson. Photo: Stella Pictures How did Leif Ivan Karlsson become rich?
Leif Ivan Karlsson became rich in everything from real estate as well as car deals, but also built a large part of his current fortune on starting asylum accommodations during the refugee crisis of 2015-2017. During this time period, he invoiced the Swedish Migration Agency SEK 140 million, which among others Norrbottens-Kuriren.
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How did Leif Ivan Karlsson meet Bella Nilsson?
It is unclear exactly how Leif Ivan Karlsson and Bella Nilssonwhich stands accused in the Think Pink scandal and which is now called Fariba Vancorgot to know each other.
It is clear, however, that Leif Ivan was CEO of Bella Nilsson’s main company NMT Trading for 17 months. In an interview with Expressen, he has claimed that he would only devote himself to the recycling group’s marketing and that he had no insight into waste management.
– I would devote myself to marketing and make sure that turnover increased and, according to the agreement, not meddle in money and such, he has told the newspaper.
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Bella Nilsson stands accused in the Think Pink scandal. Photo: Henrik Montgomery/TT
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When asked if he had no idea that something was not right when he, as CEO, signed a contract stating that he would not “interfere with” numbers, he replied:
– It was an agreement between me and a close friend. But you are right about that, perhaps one should have done that. But I didn’t.
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Is Leif Ivan Karlsson charged in the Think Pink mess?
Yes, Leif Ivan Karlsson is charged with serious environmental crime and serious accounting crime in the so-called Think Pink scandal, which has also been described as Sweden’s biggest environmental scandal of all time.
In addition to Leif Ivan, eleven more people are charged, including Bella Nilsson and her former husband Thomas Nilsson. All defendants deny any crime and the verdict is expected to be handed down in the summer of 2025.
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Leif Ivan Karlsson on his way to the trial in the Think Pink mess. Photo: Anders Wiklund/TT A recycling facility where the company NMT Think Pink handles waste near Tumba in Stockholm. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TTThink The Pink scandal is described as Sweden’s biggest environmental scandal. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT
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Does Leif Ivan Karlsson have a wife or girlfriend?
Yes, Leif Ivan Karlsson is married to Susanne Karlsson. This is what he has said about his wife and his marriage, in an interview with The evening paperpreviously:
– My wife Susanne is super damn beautiful. We have been together for over thirty years and we are in love and have been the whole time. It is so brutally indescribable. And we don’t keep that a secret. We start the day by kissing and making out and stuff. It is important to us and part of our success.
Leif Ivan Karlsson with wife Susanne Karlsson. Photo: Stella Pictures Does Leif Ivan Karlsson have children?
Yes, Leif Ivan Karlsson has three children together with wife Susanne Karlsson: Tony Karlsson, Angelica Karlsson and Pierre Karlsson. Through the children, Leif Ivan has several grandchildren.
– This girl is going to be something very special. Something really good will come of her. She has my genes in her blood, he told her The Express when daughter Angelica welcomed a girl, who was named Isabelle Vallyto the world.
Was there a fire in Leif Ivan Karlsson’s house?
Yes, during the summer of 2024, a fire started in Leif Ivan Karlsson’s multimillion-dollar villa located in Tullinge in Stockholm.
– It has gone well. It was very unlucky but that’s what happens. There were a couple of tenants who had an accident. I don’t know exactly what happened, but the insurance company is investigating it now, he has told The Express.
Previously, the house, which has 22 rooms spread over 600 square meters, was for sale – first at a starting price of SEK 49 million, but this was then lowered to SEK 43 million. When the house was not sold, Leif Ivan Karlsson decided to convert it into apartments instead.