Emil Henriques

Emil Henriques was the son of Pontus Henriques (1852–1933), a professor of geometry. Emil graduated from Uppsala law school in 1907. He opened his office in Stockholm in 1911, focusing on business law. In the same year, he married Gerda Forsell. Together they had two daughters and two sons. One year later, Henriques was a member of the crew of the yacht Sans-Atout in the 8-metre class at the 1912 Olympic Games. Thanks to a second place in race one, they made it to the silver medal race, beating the Finnish Lucky Girl by less than one minute.

Henriques became a successful lawyer, dealing with the complicated negotiations over the Stockholm daily newspaper market in the early 1930s. He was head of the board of directors of the Swedish Bar Association, and secretary of the board of the Technical School and of the Swedish War Insurance Commissions in World War I and II.

Henriques was also known for his generosity, building the first ice rink for curling in Sweden. With this, he also fostered Swedish ice hockey and attracted the Norwegian figure skating queen Sonja Henie. Henriques became one of the pioneers of bridge in Sweden as the first chairman of the Swedish Bridge Association from 1932-47.