Niels Jörgen Philip-Sörensen (born 23 September 1938 in

Malmö Malmö is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, sixth-largest city in Nordic countries, the Nordic region. Located on ...

, died 18 January 2010Sydsvenskan, 20 January 2010: ''Jörgen Philip-Sörensen död''
in

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) was a Swedish businessman of Danish ancestry. Philip-Sörensen led the demerger of security company

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from

Securitas AB Securitas AB is a Swedish Corporate group, group devoted to security services, such as security guarding, mobile patrolling, Surveillance, monitoring, Private investigator, investigation and related consulting services. The group is headquartere ...

in 1981. He went on to become

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of Group 4 and then of

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before he retired in 2006. In later years, Philip-Sörensen lived in

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, where he was among the nation's wealthiest individuals. Sometimes he visited

Skagen Skagen () is the northernmost town in Denmark, on the east coast of the Skagen Odde peninsula in the far north of Jutland, part of Frederikshavn Municipality in North Denmark Region, Nordjylland, north of Frederikshavn and northeast of Aalbo ...

in his father's native

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, where he owned Ruth's Hotel.

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20th-century Swedish businesspeople 20th-century Danish businesspeople People from Malmö 1938 births 2010 deaths {{Denmark-business-bio-stub

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