Göran Karlsson - Ullared, Sweden - Statues of Historic Figures on Waymarking.com

Nils Göran Kennet Karlsson, born October 18, 1939 in Gödestad in Varbergs municipality, died July 26, 2004 in Köinge in Falkenbergs municipality in Halland County, was a Swedish businessman, best known for the discount department store Gekås in Ullared

Göran Karlsson started the discount department store Ge-Kås Manufaktur in 1963 in the basement of the family's home. The name comes from his initials G and K. The sale consisted mainly of gabardine trousers and cleaning coats. At first, business did not go so well, but over time, Ge-Kås became a phenomenon and the success was a fact. In 1991, Karlsson chose to sell the company to six employees for SEK 130 million. At the time of the sale, a clause was written stating that Karlsson was not allowed to run competing companies for a number of years, but in the event of a settlement, the clause was broken on 1 July 1998.

After the clause was lifted, Göran Karlsson tried a new "cash cow", he started Ullared2.se/Karlsson from Ullared but after name conflicts, Ullared was not allowed to be used by Karlsson in marketing, because Ge-Kås is popularly called Ullared. The company was instead named Karlsson and sells home furnishings, textiles, food and tools.

Göran Karlsson died in 2004 in the suites of cancer (brain tumor).

He was very interested in motors; at his death he owned 200 cars and about 100 motorcycles. The collections included several treasures, including the Excalibur SS Phaeton and Morris Oxford DeLux 4-Dr. The cars were found in his car and motorcycle museum in Gällared. After his death, the vehicles were moved to Göran Karlsson's Motor Museum in Ullared, which, however, was closed down in 2011 due to declining numbers of visitors. In the winter of 2012, the roof of a garage where several of his cars were stored collapsed; several cars were damaged but they were later sold to a new museum outside Svenljunga.
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