Talk:Axel Wenner-Gren

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Lindroth 01:37, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)

Deal with Lux

I am currently working on the history of Lilla Essingen. According to my source, Axel Wenner-Gren entered the contract for the cleaner in 1912. Electrolux was created in 1919 during the merge between Lux and AB Elektro-mekaniska. In the article regarding Axel Wenner-Gren, however, it is stated that this deal was made with Electrolux, which wouldn't be existent at the time. The Electrolux article also mirrors the merge date. It is a minor thing, indeed, but it is correct to change "Electrolux" to "Electrolux(then AB Elektro-Mekaniska)"?(there are not many sources published on the industrial history of Lilla Essingen, I'm afraid. Thus the source in singular) Synthmon 22:00, 13 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

According to the official history of the founding of the company, Wenner-Gren's original contract was with Lux; it was signed in December 1912. Some details can be found here. [1] Kuitan (talk) 09:41, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Nassau?

His assets where at which Nassau - Germany or Bahamas? I'm assuming the latter, but I'd like to be sure. Istvan 16:44, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

It was Bahamas. The current link is correct. --LA2 17:47, 14 March 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Was he a friend of Goring or not?

This is confusing. Article says he was "incorrectly" rumored to be a friend of Goring, then goes on to state that Wenner-Gren sought to make himself a conduit between the Nazis and the Allies. Per Charles Higham's book "American Swastika" (Doubleday, 1984), he was a Nazi sympathizer who worked to further German interests in the New World during WW2.

There seems to be no dispute that Wenner-Gren was close to the Duke of Windsor while both resided in the Bahamas. The Duke of Windsor was notoriously pro-Nazi, and also hoped for detente between the Nazis and the West. This article seems to discount these activities. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captqrunch (talk • contribs) 13:41, 12 June 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The section on his attempts to mediate between Goering and the British and American governments also needs a source to qualify its claims: "His efforts proved unsuccessful, with all parties regarding him as a self-promoting nuisance, and, more to the point, one without much influence on the plans of the Nazi regime." Fizzyted (talk) 18:09, 11 January 2012 (UTC)[reply]

This definitely needs sorting out. He definitely met Göring on four separate occasions. This was confirmed by Göring, himself. What is not often mentioned is that Swedish Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf wrote a letter of introduction for him to Chamberlain, prior to his meetings with Göring, and that Göring did not pass on any of this to Hitler. The Swedish ambassador to London at the time called him naive.Kuitan (talk) 18:57, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Education

I'd appreciate information on his education. While he collected honorary degrees, I believe he actually had a secondary education, perhaps even a US marketing degree. Phytism (talk) 16:37, 15 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I am working on this at the moment. I have found a number of sources which talk about his early life, his parents, his brothers and sisters, his education in Sweden, and later in Germany. Kuitan (talk) 18:48, 6 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Early Life

I have added a section on his early life, including a reference to the fact that he was married. There had been no reference to the fact that he had been in this article. I have used the term 'whirlwind romance' because what happened does seem to exemplify this. They met on a Trans-Atlantic voyage from New York to Southampton, and married in London as soon as possible after they got off. If anybody can think of a better term, feel free to change it.

I should also note that I stopped here because time needs to be taken to sort through the events of his later life. Kuitan (talk) 13:33, 13 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Pro Nazi bias

This article almost glosses over this man's active suppprt for the Nazis in the 1930s and during the war including sending money from the Bahamas and Mexico to suppprt German war effort. Absolutely appalling this article hasn't been edited or removed from Wikipedia. 2A02:C7C:E048:500:8D8:D673:16E9:1288 (talk) 13:44, 9 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]