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Svenolof Karlsson (official family name Karlsson Storkamp), born on 28th December, 1953 in Larsmo, Finland, is an author and journalist, working primarily in Finland and Sweden. He has written or edited around 50 books mainly dealing with corporate history, leadership, technological development and adventures on mountains and seas. He writes mainly in Swedish but some of his most important works are also available in English. Seventeen books have been published in Finnish, as of 2020.

Svenolof Karlsson has concentrated especially in the history of telecommunications and forestry industry. The book Changing the World, describing Ericsson’s role in the development of telecommunications was published in 2009, with Anders Lugn as the co-author. The Pioneers, describing the pioneering role of Telia and Sonera in telecommunications, was published in the spring 2011.

Approx. ten of Svenolof Karlsson’s books deal with the history of his home county Ostrobothnia in Finland. Two of the books describe cultural differences between Finland and Sweden and two books portray the Finnish politician and businessman Christoffer Taxell.

In 1990–1996, Svenolof Karlsson was the publishing manager and editor for the press of the Nordic Council Secretariat of the Presidium. He was a Board member in The Swedish Writers’ Union in 2002–2009. Further, he is a founding member of Finska Akademien, a society active in Stockholm, Sweden, and was its chairman in 2002–2010. As a journalist, he has focused on energy issues, e.g. as the energy specialist for the Swedish business magazine Dagens industri.