Background
Born in Simrishamn in Southern Sweden as the youngest of three children, he grew up in Uddevalla, north of Gothenburg, where his parents operated a small printing company. Barnevik was educated at Göteborg University's School of Business, Economics and Law and at Stanford Graduate School of Business. He has later received seven honorary doctorates in Sweden, Finland and USA, including from Linköping University (1989) and Göteborg University (1991). Barnevik received also the IEEE Engineering Leadership Recognition Award (1993)
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