Carl-Gustav Nilsson was born on March 10, 1950. He has been professionally based in southern Sweden, where he has maintained a legal practice and held senior corporate responsibilities. His documented career has connected private legal practice with executive and board work in Swedish industrial and commercial companies.
Nilsson developed his career as a commercial lawyer, most recently practicing at Advokatfirman Lindahl in Helsingborg, where his work focused on mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements. He subsequently joined the Lindab group, becoming General Counsel in 2002 and serving in the group management through 2015. At Lindab he was responsible for corporate formalities across the listed parent company and subsidiaries in Europe and the United States, as well as mergers and acquisitions and commercial agreements. He also led the group’s sustainability work and served for a period as group head of human resources. Lindab announced his retirement from the group management in 2014. In 2016 he established Juristfirman Carl-Gustav Nilsson, later operating as Advokatfirman Carl-Gustav Nilsson AB, in Viken. His subsequent work has included independent business-law practice and board leadership, including service as chairman of Secits Holding AB from 2021 and continuing directorships in several privately held companies.
Served as Lindab International’s General Counsel and a member of the group management from 2002 to 2015, with responsibility for corporate formalities, mergers and acquisitions, commercial agreements, sustainability, and a period of human-resources leadership.
Established an independent commercial-law practice in Viken in 2016 through Juristfirman Carl-Gustav Nilsson, later operating as Advokatfirman Carl-Gustav Nilsson AB.
Combined legal practice with corporate governance through board-chairmanships including Secits Holding AB and Abato AB.
Nilsson became a member of the Swedish Bar Association in 2016. His professional affiliation has been associated with his own practice, Juristfirman Carl-Gustav Nilsson AB, in Viken.
Nilsson’s professional connections include Lindab International, where he worked as General Counsel and participated in group management, and the Swedish Bar Association, which admitted him as a member in 2016. His later corporate connections have included Secits Holding AB, Abato AB, and companies associated with his own legal practice.
