Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas was a Swedish aristocrat, billionaire businessman, and politician.
13 Facts About Gustaf Douglas
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Gustaf Archibald Siegwart Douglas was the oldest son of Carl Douglas, a Swedish nobleman and diplomat who was the Swedish Ambassador to Brazil, and his Prussian wife Ottora Maria Haas-Heye.
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Gustaf Douglas's patriline is Scottish, of the Swedish-German branch, descended via two obscure generations, from the youngest son of James Douglas, 1st Lord Dalkeith, ancestor of the 15th century Earls of Morton.
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The Gustaf Douglas family was introduced in the 17th century at Riddarhuset under number 19 among families of comital status.
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Gustaf Douglas descended through both his mother and father from medieval Scandinavian nobility and rulers.
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Gustaf Douglas formed a partnership with fellow businessman Melker Schorling, who controls a significant amount of Securitas shares and serves as the company's chairman.
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Gustaf Douglas is the eleventh wealthiest person in Sweden, according to Forbes magazine, with an estimated net worth of around US$3.2 billion as of March 2013.
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In 2001 Gustaf Douglas was elected to the board of the Moderate Party.
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Gustaf Douglas has a long history of political involvement, having campaigned in his teens for what was the predecessor of the Moderates.
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Gustaf Douglas was for a time active within the Liberal People's Party.
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Gustaf Douglas was later known as a rather Conservative Moderate with a big interest in education policy.
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In May 2013, Gustaf Douglas acquired the only known example of the 1855 Treskilling Yellow postage stamp, the rarest in the world with only one example known, in a private sale.
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Gustaf Douglas died on 3 May 2023, at the age of 85.