Hennes & Mauritz
H&M is the biggest swedish clothing company in the world. You can buy
clothes from them in around 53 different countries. There are some
boutiques below the equator but they are not as common as above the
equator.
Erling Persson
Erling Persson was the one that started Hennes & Mauritz. It started as a
little shop in a town called Västerås (you pronounce it as Vasteras). In the
beginning it was just called Hennes and they just sold clothes for women.
Erling was born 21 january 1917 in borlänge and he died 28 october
2002. He opened the first boutique 1947 when he was 30 years old. He
got married to Margot Lacobi but 1984 he remarried to Margareta
Frestadius. They got the children Stefan persson, Sian Bengtsson and
Lottie Tham. Stefan took over the company when Erling died.