Jacob Engwall

Sven Jacob Victor Engwall (6 August 1922 – 7 November 1986) was a Swedish businessman.

Early life Engwall was born on 6 August 1922 in Gävle, Sweden, the son of managing director Sven Engwall and his wife Britta (née Bergström). He passed studentexamen at Sigtunaskolan Humanistiska Läroverket in 1942 and received a financial degree from Stockholm School of Economics in 1950. Engwall also studied coffee production in Brazil and the United States from 1950 to 1952. and became vice president in 1952. The year after, Europe's largest and most modern coffee roasting plant was opened in Gävle. Engwall became CEO in 1963 and stayed in that position until 1972. When the company was sold to General Foods in 1971, Engvall remained during one year as CEO. He became joint owner of the shipping company Nordship in 1976. Nordship was later taken over by his son Torsten. In 1985 he became co-owner and acting CEO of Stefan Trybom AB.

He was a member of the board of Korsnäs-Marma AB, Sponsor AB, Svenska Handelsbanken in Gävle, Gävle-Dala stadshypotek- och bostadskreditförening, deputy board member and later board member of Stockholms Rederi AB Svea and chairman of Gefle köpmannaförening.

Engwall was skilled star boat sailor and multiple Swedish champion with the boat Ta Fatt.

Death Engwall died of cancer in 1986 in in his hometown of Gävle. He is buried at the Old Cemetery (Gamla kyrkogården) in Gävle.