Berndt August Hjorth [SEP] place of death
Berndt August Hjorth
Berndt August Hjorth (born 1862 in Finland, died 1937 in Stockholm) was a Swedish businessman, the founder of Bahco group.
Berndt August Hjorth came to Sweden in 1881. In 1889 he opened a tools and machinery shop in Stockholm, "BA Hjorth & Co", incorporated as a shareholder company in 1916 and in 1954 renamed Bahco. The following year, he made an exclusive contract with Johan Petter Johansson to market his invention, an adjustable spanner.
In 1892, Hjorth acquired sole
Johansson sold all his stocks in Enköpings Mekaniska Verkstad to Berndt August Hjorth and the company was converted to an affiliate under the new corporation AB BA Hjorth & Co. However, it was not until 1954 that the company changed its name to "AB Bahco" (an acronym of the original name BA Hjorth & Co).
Over the following years Bahco underwent many changes and acquisitions, established its presence abroad and was introduced on the Swedish stockmarket.
History Era of changes (1960s – 1980s).
During the 1960s and