Christian von Koenigsegg
Born 1972
Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg
Founder and CEO of Koenigsegg · Engineer
Swedish engineer who founded Koenigsegg in 1994 and built it into a maker of record-setting hypercars in a former air base hangar in Ängelholm.
- Born
- 2 July 1972Stockholm, Sweden
- Nationality
- Swedish
Biography
Christian Erland Harald von Koenigsegg was born in Stockholm on 2 July 1972. In 1994 he launched the 'Koenigsegg project' and founded Koenigsegg Automotive AB. The first CC prototype was shown in 1996, and in 2002 the CC8S became the company's first street-legal production car.
In late 2003 Koenigsegg moved to a former Swedish Air Force airfield at Ängelholm and turned a fighter-jet hangar into its factory. On 28 February 2005, at Nardò in Italy, the CCR set a production-car speed record of 387.866 km/h. The Agera followed in 2010, the One:1 in 2014, the Regera in 2015, the Jesko in 2019 and the Gemera in 2020.
His wife Halldora von Koenigsegg has been involved in the company as chief operating officer since 2000. Christian von Koenigsegg holds a patent on a valve-actuation system, received the FIA President Innovation Medal in 2023 and was named EY Entrepreneur of the Year for Sweden in 2024.
Timeline
Cars
Koenigsegg CCX
Koenigsegg Agera R
Koenigsegg CC850Christian von Koenigsegg in 1CARS stories
- Koenigsegg CC8S: Where the Swedish Hypercar Story Began
- Koenigsegg Gemera: the Four-Seat Hypercar From Ängelholm
- Koenigsegg CCR: the Swedish Record Breaker of 2005
- Koenigsegg CC850: a Manual-Style Hypercar for the 20th Anniversary
- Koenigsegg Regera: the Hypercar Without a Gearbox
- Koenigsegg Jesko: the Agera Successor with Nine Gears
- The History of Koenigsegg: Sweden's Hypercar Maker Since 1994
- Koenigsegg CCX: The Swedish Supercar Built to Be Sold in America
- Koenigsegg's Camless Engine 2015: The Freevalve Story to 2026
Related people
Sources
- Christian von Koenigsegg — Wikipedia · accessed 13 October 2026
- Koenigsegg — Wikipedia · accessed 13 October 2026