Claes Hemberg | |
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![]() Hemberg in 2013 | |
Born | Claes Gusten Persson 9 May 1968
Alingsås, Sweden |
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claeshemberg |
Claes Gusten Hemberg (born Claes Gusten Persson; 9 May 1968) is a Swedish economist and author. He worked as a journalist before joining Avanza in 1998. [1] [2] [3] Hemberg stepped down as economist of Avanza in February 2018. [4]
He began his education as a journalist in the early 1990s. In 1993, Hemberg had a temporary position at Strömstads Tidning. He later worked as a journalist at Norrköpings Tidningar, Södermanlands Nyheter and Aftonbladet, and as a freelancer for several magazines. [3]
In addition to his role as an economist at Avanza Bank, Hemberg has spoken out about investing through his blog, in social media and in public debates. Hemberg led the Globen-based Avanza Forum between 2002 and 2016, which according to Avanza was Sweden's largest forum for economy and savings.[ citation needed]
Hemberg has worked for the Financial Supervisory Authority, several unions and the Gilla din ekonomi network. [5] He has made appearances in government-produced films about private economy, pensions and Bitcoin. [6] [7] In 2015, Hemberg appeared on the Låna för livet! television series and acted as a coach in an economic experiment. [8] In 2016, Hemberg played a key role in the exhibition of Pengalabbet, held at Kungliga Myntet in Stockholm. A year later, Pengalabbet was released as an app. [9]
In 2012, the magazine Privata Affärer awarded him the prize Årets väckarklocka, for initiating a Twitter campaign with the use of the hashtag #sägdinränta. [10] Hemberg was ranked as one of the best super communicators in Sweden by the Resumé magazine in 2013, 2015 and 2016. [11] [1] Both in 2016 and 2017, he was ranked as the best personal finance commentator by Hallvarsson & Halvarsson. [12] In 2017, Hemberg received the prize Årets upprop for getting 35,000 people involved in an appealing against higher savings tax, through the hashtag #rörintemittISK on social media. [13]
Hemberg's assignments include work in the software company Aptic and the Lärargalan and AllBright foundations. [14] He was previously assigned to Smarta samtal and Design Lab S. [15] Ahead of the 2004 European Parliament election, Hemberg served as a board member for the eurosceptic political party June List, who gained 14% of the votes. [16]
Claes Hemberg | |
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![]() Hemberg in 2013 | |
Born | Claes Gusten Persson 9 May 1968
Alingsås, Sweden |
Occupations |
|
Website |
claeshemberg |
Claes Gusten Hemberg (born Claes Gusten Persson; 9 May 1968) is a Swedish economist and author. He worked as a journalist before joining Avanza in 1998. [1] [2] [3] Hemberg stepped down as economist of Avanza in February 2018. [4]
He began his education as a journalist in the early 1990s. In 1993, Hemberg had a temporary position at Strömstads Tidning. He later worked as a journalist at Norrköpings Tidningar, Södermanlands Nyheter and Aftonbladet, and as a freelancer for several magazines. [3]
In addition to his role as an economist at Avanza Bank, Hemberg has spoken out about investing through his blog, in social media and in public debates. Hemberg led the Globen-based Avanza Forum between 2002 and 2016, which according to Avanza was Sweden's largest forum for economy and savings.[ citation needed]
Hemberg has worked for the Financial Supervisory Authority, several unions and the Gilla din ekonomi network. [5] He has made appearances in government-produced films about private economy, pensions and Bitcoin. [6] [7] In 2015, Hemberg appeared on the Låna för livet! television series and acted as a coach in an economic experiment. [8] In 2016, Hemberg played a key role in the exhibition of Pengalabbet, held at Kungliga Myntet in Stockholm. A year later, Pengalabbet was released as an app. [9]
In 2012, the magazine Privata Affärer awarded him the prize Årets väckarklocka, for initiating a Twitter campaign with the use of the hashtag #sägdinränta. [10] Hemberg was ranked as one of the best super communicators in Sweden by the Resumé magazine in 2013, 2015 and 2016. [11] [1] Both in 2016 and 2017, he was ranked as the best personal finance commentator by Hallvarsson & Halvarsson. [12] In 2017, Hemberg received the prize Årets upprop for getting 35,000 people involved in an appealing against higher savings tax, through the hashtag #rörintemittISK on social media. [13]
Hemberg's assignments include work in the software company Aptic and the Lärargalan and AllBright foundations. [14] He was previously assigned to Smarta samtal and Design Lab S. [15] Ahead of the 2004 European Parliament election, Hemberg served as a board member for the eurosceptic political party June List, who gained 14% of the votes. [16]