A series of four programmes 3: The Swedish Match King by PETER COHEN
Ivar Kreuger , son of a Kalmar baker , rapidly became the capitalist's capitalist. understanding the nature of credit as few before or after him. His financial empire, one of the greatest in the modern world. was achieved by fraud on a gigantic scale, and his suicide in the middle of perhaps his greatest deal made the financial world tremble. Producer MAURICE LEITCH