Berndt August Hjorth (1862 in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

– 1937 in

Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in Sweden by population, most populous city of Sweden, as well as the List of urban areas in the Nordic countries, largest urban area in the Nordic countries. Approximately ...

) was a Swedish businessman, the founder of

Bahco Bahco is a Swedish brand within the hand tool industry, which is now part of ''SNA Europe'', part of Snap-on. Its roots go back to the industrial revolution in Sweden in the late eighteen hundreds, starting with innovations such as the pipe wren ...

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

. The following year, he made an exclusive contract with

Johan Petter Johansson Johan Petter Johansson (December 12, 1853 – August 25, 1943), sometimes known as JP, was a Swedish inventor and industrialist. He invented a modern adjustable spanner (patents in 1891 and 11 May 1892). He obtained over 100 patents in total ...

to market his invention, an

adjustable spanner An adjustable spanner (UK and most other Anglophone countries), also called a shifting spanner (Australia and New Zealand) or adjustable wrench (US and Canada), is any of various styles of wrench, spanner (wrench) with a movable jaw, allowing it ...

. In 1892, Hjorth acquired sole rights to another Swedish invention, the

Primus stove The Primus stove was the first pressurized-burner kerosene (paraffin) stove, developed in 1892 by Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist, a factory mechanic in Stockholm. The stove was based on the design of the hand-held blowtorch; Lindqvist's patent covered ...

, patented by

Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist (1862 – 1931) was a Swedish inventor. He designed the first sootless kerosene stove, operated by compressed air. He started a company, Primus, to manufacture and sell the Primus stove. Lindqvist was born in Väster ...

. In 1918, Hjorth acquired the Primus factory on Lilla Essingen island in western Stockholm. In Stockholm, Hjorth lived at Villagatan 15 in Villastaden, a wealthy part of

Östermalm Östermalm (; "Eastern city-borough") is a 2.56 km2 large district in central Stockholm, Sweden. With 71,802 inhabitants, it is one of Sweden's most populous and exclusive districts. It is an extremely expensive area, having the highest ho ...

.
Stockholms adresskalender 1926 In the early 1930s, he built his own " Villa Hjorth" in

Diplomatstaden Diplomatstaden (Swedish language, Swedish for "Diplomat City") is a neighbourhood in the Östermalm district in central Stockholm, Sweden. As the name suggests, the neighbourhood is the home of many embassies and ambassadorial residencies. Diplo ...

also in

References

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article in ''

Ny Teknik ''Ny Teknik'' ( lit. ''New Technology'') is a weekly Swedish magazine with news, debates and ads in the field of technology and engineering. It is published in Stockholm, Sweden. History and profile ''Ny Teknik'' was launched on 18 October 1967. ...

'' on February 17, 2006. *, presented by "Skiftnyckelns vänner", Vårgårda.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hjorth, Bror August Swedish businesspeople Swedish people of Finnish descent 1862 births 1937 deaths Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Sweden