Jan Å Berggren (born June 12, 1946) is a well known

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Real Estate developer who co-founded Jakri AB in 1983. Berggren is best known for his pioneering new urban village project,

Jakriborg Jakriborg is a housing estate in Hjärup, Staffanstorp Municipality between Malmö and Lund in Scania, southern Sweden. The area was built in the late 1990s by the real estate firm Jakri Aktiebolag, AB and had been growing ever since. Jakri A ...

near Lund in

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or Skåne County. Jan Berggren and his younger brother and partner Krister built Jakri AB initially as a

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. In recent years the brothers have diversified their projects across

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creating what is now one of South Sweden's most successful family run

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Funds.

Jakriborg

Jan Berggren was interviewed by Sydsvenskan in 2011 in reference to

which was ranked in a book publishing Sweden's 100 most remarkable sights', listing

at number 2. Berggren's project has often been compared to

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which was built by Prince Charles in England. Jan Berggren is regarded as one of the pioneers of Staffanstorp through the realization of his project Jakri together with his brother Krister (Hence Jan and Krister ⁓ 'Jakri').

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Berggren, Jan Swedish businesspeople 1946 births Living people Real estate in Sweden

Jakriborg

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