Anna Borgeryd
{{Short description|Swedish entrepreneur, author, and blogger (1969–2019)}}
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Anna Borgeryd (2 May 1969 – 18 February 2019){{cite web|url=https://www.pt.se/nyheter/alvsbyn/polarbrods-agare-har-avlidit-11131126.aspx|title=Polarbröds ägare har avlidit|first=Ylva|last=Forslund|date=18 February 2019|website=www.pt.se}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.di.se/nyheter/polarbrods-anna-borgeryd-dod/ |title=Polarbröds storägare Anna Borgeryd död |date=2019-02-19 |website=Dagens industri |access-date=2019-02-20}} was a Swedish entrepreneur, author and blogger. She was Chief Strategy Officer at Polarbrödsgruppen.
Biography
Anna Borgeryd studied Political Science and Peace and Conflict Studies at Umeå University. Her Ph.D. dissertation, Managing Intercollective Conflict: Prevailing Structures and Global Challenges focused on conflict management in both theory and practice.{{cite news |title=»Förändra är svårt när det kostar mycket mer« |url=https://www.fokus.se/2015/10/forandra-ar-svart-nar-det-kostar-mycket-mer/|work=Fokus |date=29 October 2015 |publisher=Fokus|language=Swedish}} In her role as Chief Strategy Officer at Polarbrödsgruppen she was part of the fifth generation to lead her family’s company.{{cite news |title=Företaget där du befordras på föräldraledigheten |url=http://www.nsd.se/nyheter/foretaget-dar-du-befordras-pa-foraldraledigheten-nm4480197.aspx|publisher=Norrländska Socialdemokraten |language=Swedish |date=7 March 2017}} She also served as advisor to the Government of Sweden’s Commission on the Future.{{Cite news|url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/polarbrod_ab/news/polarbroeds-koncernstrateg-anna-borgeryd-medverkade-i-framtidskommissionens-workshop-om-groen-tillvaext-46064|title=Polarbröds koncernstrateg Anna Borgeryd medverkade i Framtidskommissionens workshop om grön tillväxt|work=Mynewsdesk|language=Swedish}}
Borgeryd made her debut as a writer of fiction in 2013 with the novel Thin Walls. The novel is based on her film manuscript, which was awarded Film in Västerbotten's manuscript award in 2000. In 2004, the manuscript was the basis for the short film Family Soul, for which Borgeryd also wrote the music. Family Soul was named best manuscript and best film at the 2004 Västerbottens Film Festival VAFF."Gammal idé som ny i manusform", Västerbottens-Kuriren, 19 september 2009, page 12 Anna wrote the blog Wood and Blue and owned and operated her own production company, Globalans AB.{{cite web |title=Kamp med nya vapen |url=https://weekend.di.se/nyheter/kamp-med-nya-vapen |website=Di Weekend |date=22 August 2016}}
In 2012, Borgeryd, together with her sister Karin Jonsson Bodin, was nominated for the Beautiful Business Award.{{cite web |title=Företagarsystrar till final |url=https://www.vk.se/759950/foretagarsystrar-till-final|publisher=Västerbottens-Kuriren}} The magazine S has featured the sisters in their list of Power Sibling and in 2013 they were named Norrland's foremost entrepreneurs in the Entrepreneur of the Year contest.{{cite web |title=Karin Bodin och Anna Borgeryd från Polarbröd AB är årets entreprenörer i region Norr |url=https://www.ey.com/se/sv/newsroom/news-releases/pressmeddelande-2013-11-13-karin-bodin-och-anna-borgeryd-fran-polarbrod-ab-ar-arets-entreprenorer-i-region-norr |publisher=Ey.com}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.affarsvarlden.se/bors-ekonominyheter/norrlands-framsta-entreprenorer-6649243|title=Norrlands främsta entreprenörer|work=Affärsvärlden|language=sv}} In 2018 the sisters were awarded another prize from EY Entrepreneur of the Year, the honourable Family Business Award.{{cite web |title=Karin Bodin och Anna Borgeryd från Polarbröd AB är årets entreprenörer i region Norr |url=http://www.mynewsdesk.com/se/polarbrod_ab/news/karin-bodin-och-anna-borgeryd-fraan-polarbroed-ab-aer-aarets-entreprenoerer-i-region-norr-70789 |website=Mynewsdesk |language=sv}}
Borgeryd was a member of the jury that awards the annual Utstickarpriset.{{cite web |title=Heidi Andersson i juryn för utstickarpriset |url=https://www.pt.se/nyheter/alvsbyn/heidi-andersson-i-juryn-for-utstickarpriset-10808200.aspx |website=Piteå-Tidningen}}
Anna Borgeryd's TEDx lecture The Dawn of a New Economy is sometimes called The Dashboard of the World TED-talk. She was one of the nominees for Hottest in Almedalen 2013. She contributed to the anthology Swearing in Church: Twenty-four voices of eternal growth on a finite planet, with the chapter: "We need sustainable living, not pseudo growth". Her article "Investment Guide for Sustainable Entrepreneurship" has been published in a Greenpeace anthology.{{cite web|url=http://www.greenpeace.org/sweden/se/press/pressmeddelanden/Bokslapp-Basta-boken-om-Sveriges-samsta-ide/|title=Boksläpp: Bästa boken om Sveriges sämsta idé|website=Greenpeace - oberoende, global miljöorganisation}} In spring 2014, she was ranked 15 on the list of Sweden's most powerful environmentalists."Polarbröds ordförande på miljötopplista", Piteå Tidning, 28 march 2014, page 11 Also in 2014, Borgeryd received the Great Renewal Prize in recognition of Polarbrödsgruppens investment in wind power and its commitment to being an example of a company that is both profitable and an agent for societal transformation to sustainability.{{cite web|url=http://www.affarerinorr.se/nyheter/2015/december/polarbroed-fick-umeaas-miljoepris/#.WpkOzOjOWUk|title=Polarbröd fick Umeås miljöpris|last1=Håkansson|first1=Lennart|website=Affärer i Norr|language=sv}} In 2015 she made Greenpeace’s list of Women in the know about the environment and climate {{cite web |last1=Håkansson |first1=Lennart |title=Anna Borgeryd med på Greenpeacelista |url=http://www.affarerinorr.se/nyheter/2015/mars/anna-borgeryd-med-paa-greenpeacelista/#.XBE8PXQzZPZ |website=Affärer i Norr |language=sv}} and received Umeå municipality's environmental award on behalf of the family’s company.{{cite web |title=Stora Förnybarhetspriset 2014 går till Polarbröd {{!}} Webfinanser - nyheter aktier it lyx bil nöje spel mobil räntor taxeringskalender |url=http://webfinanser.com/nyheter/2546701/stora-fornybarhetspriset-2014-gar-till-polarbrod/ |website=Webfinanser.com}}
Death
Borgeryd died on 18 February 2019, at the age of 49.
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Category:Swedish women business executives
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