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Sven Gustaf Wingqvist | |
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![]() Sven Gustaf Wingqvist, c. 1926 | |
Born | Kumla Municipality, Örebro, Sweden | 10 December 1876
Died | 17 April 1953 | (aged 76)
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Engineer, inventor, industrialist, co-founder and former CEO of SKF |
Sven Gustaf Wingqvist (10 December 1876 – 17 April 1953) was a Swedish engineer, inventor, and industrialist, and one of the founders of Svenska Kullagerfabriken (SKF), one of the world's leading ball bearing and roller bearing makers. Sven Wingqvist invented the multi-row self-aligning ball bearing in 1907.