Ivar Kreuger, famous match king, kills self 80 years ago today (1932)


Video: Short history of Ivar Kreuger (in Swedish; death at 4:12)

(Saturday, March 12, 1932) — The so-called “Swedish Match King,” Ivar Kreuger, 52, was found shot dead today in his Paris apartment, an apparent suicide, leaving behind a financial empire that turned out to be worthless.