Eric

"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."

"What I took with me when I left the partnership in 1983 was a rather small property in Frihamnen in Stockholm, Haifa 1, worth around 30 million SEK. There was a film laboratory for Sveriges Television there. It was the foundation of Förvaltnings AB Wasatornet, which from the start had us four as owners with forty-two percent for me, ten percent for Elisabeth, and twenty-four percent each for our two children, Carl and Eric. From the very beginning, we discussed all our business at the kitchen table and always pursued joint decisions. And that's how it still is."