Re: Moderately rich men in Sweden, I am tempted to add that
Europe's richest man (and probably on the world top 5) is IKEA
founder Ingvar Kamprad. He is notoriously media-shy but we know a
few things about him. For instance that he lives at least part of
the year in rural Sweden, near his childhood home, and has a net
worth in the 50-billion range. He was implicated in a fascist
movement when he was a young man, but has since backpedalled
furiously. He is supposedly modest and thrifty, wearing simple
clothing, riding a dingy old bike to work and having a Volvo as his
main car. (though it should be added that part of this is real, and
some of it is almost certainly company branding)
Conclusion: even the insanely wealthy of Sweden are moderates.
(Well, no they're not. But some of them are.)
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