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onalobbyingoperationtoensuresupportfromatleast20percentto25percentoftheshareholders.It’sapatchworkquiltofalliances,factions,andintrigues.”

    Vangerresumedthehistory:

    “GottfriedVangerdiedchildlessin1901.Orrather,mayIbefiven,hewasthefatheroffourdaughters,butinthosedayswomendidn’treallycount.Theyownedshares,butitwasthemeninthefamilywhoconstitutedtheownershipinterest.Itwasn’tuntilwomenwontherighttovote,wellintothetwentiethcentury,thattheywereevenallowedtoattendtheshareholders’meetings.”

    “Veryliberal.”

    “Noneedtobesarcastic.Thoseweredifferenttimes.Atanyrate—Gottfried’sbrother,BirgerVanger,hadthreesons:Johan,Fredrik,andGideonVanger.Theywereallborntowardstheendofthenieenthcentury.WecanignoreGideon;hesoldhissharesandemigratedtoAmerica.Thereisstillabranchofthefamilyoverthere.ButJohanandFredrikVangermadethepanythemodernVangerCorporation.”

    VangertookoutaphotographalbumandshowedBlomkvistpicturesfromthegalleryofcharactersashetalked.Thephotographsfromtheearly1900sshowedtwomenwithsturdychinsandplastered-downhairwhostaredintothecameralenswithoutahintofasmile.

    “JohanVangerwasthegeniusofthefamily.Hetrainedasanengineer,andhedevelopedthemanufacturingindustrywithseveralnewinventions,whichhepatented.Steelandironbecamethebasisofthefirm,butthebusinessalsoexpandedintootherareas,includingtextiles.JohanVangerdiedin1956andhadthreedaughters:Sofia,M?rit,andIngrid,whowerethefirstwomenautomaticallytowinadmittancetothepany’sshareholders’meetings.

    “Theotherbrother,FredrikVanger,wasmyfather.HewasabusinessmanandindustryleaderwhotransformedJohan’sinventionsintoine.Myfatherliveduntil1964.Hewasactiveinpanymanagementrightupuntilhisdeath,althoughhehadturnedoverdailyoperationstomeinthefifties.

    “Itwasexactlyliketheprecedinggeneration—butinreverse.Johanhadonlydaughters.”VangershowedBlomkvistpicturesofbig-bustedwomenwithwide-brimmedhatsandcarryingparasols.“AndFredrik—myfather—hadonlysons.Wewerefivebrothers:Richard,Harald,Greger,Gustav,andmyself.”

    Blom

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