Senior Executives

Gunnar Larsson

Chief Executive Officer

CEO since 2009. Larsson is holds a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and is the founder of Swedish Stirling. He has extensive experience from senior management as both division manager at Ericsson and CEO at Saab Kockums.

Gunnar Larsson holds 2,000,000 shares in Swedish Stirling through company.

 

 

Heléne Öqvist

Chief Financial Officer

CFO since November 2019. Heléne is a senior executive with over 30 years’ of experience from finance, strategy and operations. She has an MBA in International Business Economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg. Most recently, Heléne worked as a management consultant and before that held several positions at Volvo Penta, including CFO of Volvo Penta of the Americas Inc.

 

Heije Westberg

Chief Technical Officer

CTO since 2018. Westberg has extensive technical competence with a Ph.D. from Chalmers University of Technology/University of Gothenburg and comes from a strong managerial background. Before joining Swedish Stirling, her most recent posting was at environmental technology company Minesto AB, having prior to that worked at Volvo Technology Corporation.

 

 

Fredrik Abrahamsson

Chief Operating Officer

Has been at Swedish Stirling since 2010, initially working with Sourcing and Supply. Over the years, he has move up to project manager and as of 2017, Abrahamsson is the Site Manager of our Sibbhult facility and COO. He has broad background in management and leadership, previously working as, amongst others, Quality Manager, Head of Production and Key Account Manager in a number of different businesses.

 

Sven Ljungberg

Chief Communication Officer

Sven has a sound managerial background, has been working in communication in various roles for almost 30 years, and has substantial experience from several sectors and markets. Sven joins the company from a most recent stint running his own consultancy, and before that, many years as a communication and brand manager at Skandia.

 

Ulrika Grimfeldt

Manager PWR BLOK Design

Ulrika Grimfeldt has been at Swedish Stirling since August 2018 and leads one of the product development team, consisting of mechanical design, combustion, control and electrical systems. Ulrika graduated from Chalmers University of Technology with a Master’s Degree in Chemical Engineering with Engineering Physics and was most recently manager for the exhaust after treatment department at Volvo Penta.