Svein Erik Bakke (11 June 1947 - 21 November 2006, Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian entrepreneur. He began building his fortune by cleaning as a seventeen-year-old. Earning the nick-name "Vaske-Bakke" (Washing-Bakke), he went on to found the cleaning company "Viking-gruppen" (The Viking Group), which reached a total of 750 employees. After suffering a nervous breakdown, leading to a suicide attempt on 23 December, 2001, Bakke sold his company. Wikipedia
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