Svein Erik Bakke, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Norwegian businessman
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Place of Birth: Sørum, Akershus, Norway
About Svein Erik Bakke
- Svein Erik Bakke (11 June 1947 – 21 November 2006) was a Norwegian entrepreneur.
- Bakke was born at Sørum in Romerike, Norway.
- He began building his fortune by cleaning as a seventeen-year-old.
- Earning the nickname Vaske-Bakke (Washing-Bakke), he went on to found the cleaning and laundry company Viking-gruppen (The Viking Group), which reached a total of 750 employees.
- After suffering a nervous breakdown, leading to a suicide attempt on 23 December 2001, Bakke sold his company.
- Later he put his fortune into property development in Trysil as a winter sports venue.
- He was also working with developing tourist resorts in Brazil.
- Bakke was found dead in his apartment in Oslo on Tuesday, 21 November 2006 having taken his own life.
- Bakke who was divorced left his fiancée, Kajsa Lundgaard.
- His two children from a former marriage, Siv Rivenes Bakke and Ulf Bakke, inherited his business interests.
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