birth_place nationality name birth_date residence article_title birth_name occupation
borås , sweden sweden george lars kellgren may 23 , 1943 cocoa , florida george kellgren
 george lars kellgren ceo , firearms designer
george kellgren

george kellgren -lrb- born may 23 , 1943 -rrb- is a swedish-born firearms designer and founder of the gun manufacturer kel-tec .
he is well known for numerous products including the intratec tec-9 , kel-tec p-11 and grendel .380 acp pocket pistol .
he holds patent 7469496 .
george kellgren is the owner and chief engineer of kel-tec cnc .
he designed many firearms earlier for husqvarna and swedish interdynamics ab in sweden .
he moved to the us in 1979 and his original us designs were for intratec and grendel brand firearms .
he founded kel-tec in 1991 .
