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Swedish hotelier (1943–2022)

Barun Bicky Chakraborty (28 August 1943 – 26 August 2022)^[1] was an Indian-born Swedish businessman. He was the president and founder of Elite Hotels of Sweden and The Bishop's Arms.^[2] He was counted as one of the richest men in Scandinavia.^[3][4][5]

Biography

Chakraborty came to Sweden from Calcutta, India in 1966 to study Sociology at the University of Stockholm.^{[citation needed]} He saw that student dormitories were empty over the summer and began pushing the dorm Domus as a discount hotel to rent out those who were located near Stureplan in Stockholm.

Chakraborty managed to acquire these properties from the student association in private hands and they became due plate in his hotel empire. Later he went on to buy the rundown city hotel (sv) and rehabilitate it. In 1980, he bought Hotel in London, a historic city hotel from 1858.

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