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His family have held an active community role within the [[Västervik municipality]], hosting sports events and art projects. |
His family have held an active community role within the [[Västervik municipality]], hosting sports events and art projects. |
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Under the [[Covid-19 pandemic]] Ann-Britt Lövingsson hosted an art exhibition in the forest and decorated it with classic nordic folklore themed sculptures. |
Under the [[Covid-19 pandemic]] Ann-Britt Lövingsson hosted an art exhibition in the forest and decorated it with classic nordic folklore themed sculptures.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/rgqw8pxl/vt-bd-0kr-dp1 |access-date=2023-07-24 |website=vt.se}}</ref> The Lövingssons had previously been responsible for building Trolls and Sprites in the region. (https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/7r3k09oj/vt-bd-0kr-dp1) In the 20th century the family was involved in the promotion of Gamleby and its Troll forest.(https://www.gamleby.se/trollskogen.html) |
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The family was further responsible for the Hummelstad Boule promotion campaign in 2022. (https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/l63q8xvl/vt-bd-0kr-dp1) |
The family was further responsible for the Hummelstad Boule promotion campaign in 2022. (https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/l63q8xvl/vt-bd-0kr-dp1) |
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Kenny Lövingsson | |
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| Chairman of the Swedish Basketball Federation President of the Swedish Basketball Federation | |
| In office 1992–1996 | |
| Chairman of Täby’s Basketball Association | |
| In office 1986–1992 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 October 1945 |
| Spouse | Ann -Britt Sundkvist |
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Rolf Kenny Lövingsson (English pronunciation: [ɹˈɑːlf kˈɛni lˈɜːvɪŋsən]; born 8 October 1945) was a Swedish businessman, investor and sportsman. He was appointed CEO of Anderson & Lembke in 1979 and was appointed chairman of the Swedish Basketball Federation in 1992. He established the Swedish Basketball League (SBL) in 1992. During the 1970s, Lövingsson was an early advocate for the computerisation of Sweden and in 2004 he was appointed moderator for the EBC-Kreaprenör annual club meeting.
Biography
Rolf Kenny Löwingson was born in in Solna municipality, Sweden. He was the sole child of military official Axelius Löwingson (Swedish: Axel Lövingsson) and chief secretary Lilly Lundbäck.
Löwingson studied engineering, national economics as well as finance at University. In 1967, he was appointed as site manager Johnson Construction Company Nya Asfalt. In 1968, Löwingson entered sales and worked as a sales engineer at Consensus. In 1970, Löwingson was appointed as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Interco.
Time at Anderson & Lembke
In 1979, Lövingsson was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the B2B marketing agency Anderson & Lembke.[1] In 1979, under Lövingsson’s management, Anderson & Lembke entered the UK market by opening an office in London.[2] In 1980, he stepped down as CEO of the firm and acted as a deputy director as well as principal shareholder of the firm.[1] In 1982, an Anderson & Lembke office based in Stamford, Connecticut was successfully lunched. In the 1980s, the firm was awarded with creative awards and attracted major technology clients such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.[3]
By the year 1984, the A&L group included four companies in Stockholm and agencies in Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Helsinki, Oslo, London, and Stamford. Their combined personnel was 170 and annual sales around US$65 million.[4]
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson was active in the Chiat/Day/Mojo expansion of Anderson & Lembke Inc. into San Francisco, Amsterdam and Hongkong.[5][6] In 1995, the shareholders of Anderson & Lembke, including Lövingsson, sold the firm to McCann Erickson.[7]
Time at Cicero Group
In 1981
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson (born 8 October 1945), also known as Hrodwulf Kenny Löwingson, is a Swedish businessman, investor, philanthropist and sportsman. He was appointed as CEO of Anderson & Lembke in 1979 and as chairman of Swedish Basketball Federation.
Early life
Rolf Kenny Löwingson was born in in Solna municipality, Sweden. He was the sole child of military official Axelius Löwingson (Swedish: Axel Lövingsson) and chief secretary Lilly Lundbäck.
Löwingson studied engineering, national economics as well as finance at University. In 1967, he was appointed as site manager Johnson Construction Company Nya Asfalt. In 1968, Löwingson entered sales and worked as a sales engineer at Consensus. In 1970, Löwingson was appointed as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) and Chief Product Officer (CPO) at Interco. In 1976, he was nominated as Deputy CEO and senior consultant by the executive board of Utvecklingsplan. He accepted the nomination and was also appointed as chairman of the board.
Anderson & Lembke
In 1979, Lövingsson was appointed Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the B2B marketing agency Anderson & Lembke.[1] In 1979, under Lövingsson’s management, Anderson & Lembke entered the UK market by opening an office in London.[2] In 1980, he stepped down as CEO of the firm and acted as a deputy director as well as principal shareholder of the firm.[1] In 1982, an Anderson & Lembke office based in Stamford, Connecticut was successfully lunched. In the 1980s, the firm was awarded with creative awards and attracted major technology clients such as Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.[3]
By the year 1984, the A&L group included four companies in Stockholm and agencies in Gothenburg, Helsingborg, Helsinki, Oslo, London, and Stamford. Their combined personnel was 170 and annual sales around US$65 million.[4]
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson was active in the Chiat/Day/Mojo expansion of Anderson & Lembke Inc. into San Francisco, Amsterdam and Hongkong.[5][6] In 1995, the shareholders of Anderson & Lembke, including Lövingsson, sold the firm to McCann Erickson.[8]
Cicero Group
In 1976, Rolf Kenny Lövingsson was nominated as Deputy CEO and senior consultant by the executive board of Utvecklingsplan.
In 1977, he was appointed as a board member of Utvecklingsplan.
In 1981, Lövingsson was appointed as CEO of Cicero and Utvecklingsplan. In 1984, he managed the fusion between Cicero Affärsinformation AB and Utvecklingsplan AB. He was appointed as deputy CEO and vice-chairman for the newly formed Cicero Group in 1985. In 1986, Lövingsson was further appointed CEO of Cicero Management.
KREAB
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson was appointed as deputy CEO and senior consultant at KREAB in 1990. He acted as the CEO for the consulting firm Assimilator AB in 1989.
Other business
From 1988 to 1991, Kenny Lövingsson was a board member of Handels & Juristinkasso AB (today Svea Inkasso AB), a Swedish debt collection company.
From 1989 to 1992, he served on the board of Merkantil Leasing, Sweden’s oldest financing company, founded in 1965.
From 1983 to 1994, Lövingsson was a board member as well as a principal shareholder of the Cicero Group.
From 1983 to 1994, he was a principal shareholder and served as the chairman of Lärdata.
He was appointed as chairman of the company Meta Able in 1995.
Sports
Kenny Lövingsson was recruited as a teen for the Swedish Men's National Under-18 basketball team. He was granted an active role in the Sweden’s nomination to host the Olympic Games. Lövingsson was the chairman of Täby’s Basketball Association (Swedish: Täbys basketbollsförbund) from 1986 to 1990. [9]
In 1992, he would be appointed as chairman of the Swedish Basketball Federation. Lövingsson’s campaign slogan was: “en korg per torg” (one basket per square).[10]
The same year, in 1992, the Swedish Basketball league was established under Kenny Lövingsson’s chairmanship.
During the 1980s, the Swedish Basketball Federation imposed restrictions on foreign talent and teams could solely have one player from the Americas. Kenny Lövingsson revoked these restrictions and allowed the teams in the Swedish Basketball Federation to have two American players in 1992.[11]
The 1990s was regarded the most prominent period of Swedish basketball history. Under Lövingsson’s chairmanship the Swedish Men’s National Team reached its highest ranking ever.[11]
In 2020, he would also initiate a fellowship with the Swedish|Sports Confederation.[12]
Family
Rolf Kenny Lövingsson is married to Ann-Britt Lövingsson (Sundqvist), daughter of Else Lindholm, the owner of a consumer goods company, and paint master Gösta Sundqvist.
Kenny Lövingsson is the father of investor and businessman Pehr Fredrick Helin Lövingsson and Johanna Lilja (born Lövingsson).
His family have held an active community role within the Västervik municipality, hosting sports events and art projects.
Under the Covid-19 pandemic Ann-Britt Lövingsson hosted an art exhibition in the forest and decorated it with classic nordic folklore themed sculptures.[13] The Lövingssons had previously been responsible for building Trolls and Sprites in the region. (https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/7r3k09oj/vt-bd-0kr-dp1) In the 20th century the family was involved in the promotion of Gamleby and its Troll forest.(https://www.gamleby.se/trollskogen.html)
The family was further responsible for the Hummelstad Boule promotion campaign in 2022. (https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/l63q8xvl/vt-bd-0kr-dp1)
The Lövingsson’s still own the estate Haga in Kälkestad first acquired by the family during the early 20th century. (https://www.hembygd.se/hallingeberg/plats/420202/text/70965)
References
- ^ a b c d Lövingsson, Kenny. "753 (Vem är det : Svensk biografisk handbok / 1997)" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2023-07-10.
- ^ a b "DueDil". www.duedil.com.
- ^ a b Sandberg Trygg History Archived December 7, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ a b [booklet Internationally Judged Advertising from Anderson & Lembke, 1984]
- ^ a b Stuart Elliott: Anderson & Lembke To Expand Network, Oct. 8, 1993, The New York Times
- ^ a b Carol Emert: S.F. Ad Agencies McCann-Erickson, Anderson & Lembke to Join Forces, June 9, 1999, The San Francisco Chronicle
- ^ Stuart Elliott: Anderson & Lembke seeks global reach in its agreement to be acquired by the Interpublic Group, Oct. 13, 1995, The New York Times
- ^ Stuart Elliott: Anderson & Lembke seeks global reach in its agreement to be acquired by the Interpublic Group, Oct. 13, 1995, The New York Times
- ^ "Täby Basket 50 år - intervju med Kjelle". tabybasket.myclub.se. Täby Basket. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ "Pressmedelande - Nu är det dags att hänga upp korgen". mynewsdesk.com. www.basketballshop.com. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ a b "Svensk basket - en ren USA-historia". www.aftonbladet.se (in Swedish). 2001-10-17. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
- ^ "Föreningen Riksidrottens Vänner Höstbulletin 2020" (PDF). riksidrottensvanner.se. Föreningen Riksidrottens Vänner. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
- ^ vt.se https://vt.se/bli-prenumerant/artikel/rgqw8pxl/vt-bd-0kr-dp1. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
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