Tord Gösta Magnuson (born 7 April 1941) is a Swedish business executive and the

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for

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. He is married to Princess Christina of Sweden, the youngest of the older sisters of

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. With the deaths of John Ambler in 2008, Prince Johann Georg of Hohenzollern in 2016 and Baron Niclas Silfverschiöld in 2017, Magnuson is the only living brother-in-law of Carl XVI Gustaf. Magnuson is the son of Lennart Magnuson ( MSE) and his wife Gerda (born ''Klemming''), the grandson of the Swedish

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Gunnar Magnuson and great-grandson of Swedish politician Tord Magnuson. Magnuson graduated as reserve officer in 1963 and graduated with a B.Sc. from

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in 1967. During his career he has been working at Stockholms Enskilda Bank, at Sandvik Steel Inc. in

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, at Kayel AB, as well as having been

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of Devisa AB. He is representative of

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in Sweden and Commander 1st Class of the Royal Order of Vasa.

Marriage and family

Magnuson and his wife first met in 1961. They married on 15 June 1974. As a result of her constitutionally unapproved marriage to Magnuson, she lost her style of Royal Highness and received the courtesy title of Princess Christina, Mrs. Magnuson. They have three sons: Carl ''Gustaf'' Victor (b. 1975), an economist; Tord ''Oscar'' Frederik (born 1977), an eyewear designer; and ''Victor'' Edmund Lennart (born 1980), a game designer.

Honours and awards

National honours

* : Commander 1st Class of the Royal Order of Vasa * : Recipient of H.M The King's Medal, Gold 12th in Size * : Recipient of the 50th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf * : Recipient of the Wedding Medal of Crown Princess Victoria to Daniel Westling * : Recipient of the King Carl XVI Gustaf Ruby Jubilee Medal * : Recipient of the 70th Birthday Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf * : Recipient of the Golden Jubilee Badge Medal of King Carl XVI Gustaf

Foreign honours

* : Officer of the Order of the Legion of Honour * : Knight Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (11 October 2022)

Award

* : Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Amaranth

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnuson, Tord 1941 births Living people Businesspeople from Stockholm Stockholm University alumni Knights of the Legion of Honour Swedish business executives 20th-century Swedish businesspeople 21st-century Swedish businesspeople Commanders of the Order of Vasa Grand Crosses of the Order of the Crown (Netherlands)