Bohlin & Strömberg

"I had decided to become a management consultant. Through an acquaintance, Kaj Kjellqvist, I knew about Bohlin & Strömberg, and I went there to apply for a job. I arrived almost an hour late. There were traffic jams and canceled buses to Sundbyberg, and no taxis were available. Clearly, I was at a disadvantage at this important meeting, but I was able to start with a salary of 3,000 kronor a month. The salary just covered Elisabeth's and my joint expenses, and we were able to settle into our first own apartment at the top of Källängsvägen 36 in Lidingö. We lived here for a few years before moving into a house in the neighborhood, and together we managed an expanding home when Carl was born in 1965 and Eric in 1968. Being a parent of young children has its challenges for men with a career in business. But I was careful to devote all my free time to Elisabeth and the children and not to repeat the parenting mistakes I feel I was subjected to as a child."

"I chose consulting because it would provide work at the "top of the pyramid" and thus experiences from the world I expected would become mine. Bohlin & Strömberg was a good first lesson, providing insight into the strategic and tactical dimensions of business. Among other things, I conducted a study of Facit's Swedish organization of offices and sales with continued advisory services when the company merged with the Swedish competitor and calculator manufacturer, Addo in Malmö. As a result, I ended up in the front row of one of the larger Swedish industrial tragedies in modern history."