Svend Olufsen was a Danish
electrical engineer who co-founded
Bang & Olufsen with
Peter Bang. Like Bang, Olufsen studied at the Technical University of Aarhus. Olufsen and Bang both shared an enthusiasm for radio, which at the time was in its infancy.
After Bang returned from a trip to the United States, he and Olufsen began running experiments in Olufsen's family manor, Quistrop, in
Struer, Denmark
Struer is the main town of the ''kommune'' of Struer, Region Midtjylland, Denmark with a population of 10,129 (1 January 2022).[alternating current
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, rather than be battery-powered.
See also
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Bang & Olufsen
References
1897 births
1949 deaths
20th-century Danish businesspeople
20th-century Danish engineers
Danish company founders
People from Struer Municipality
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