Lindqvist was born in Västergötland, and lived in Gothenburg for a few years before moving to Stockholm, where he started to work in the AB Separator factory. Inspired by a workmate, he and his brother were able to design a new kind of burner for kerosene stoves. By vaporising the kerosene before it reached the burner, their construction had a sootless, smokeless, hot flame.
Lindqvist started selling his stove on a small-scale basis, but the business soon grew. The product and the company were dubbed Primus. Together with a companion, Johan Victor Svensson, Lindqvist started industrial production in 1892. With the help of marketing firm B.A. Hjorth & Co sales grew, and soon the Primus stove was exported abroad. In the 1910s, more than half a million stoves were made annually. In 1930, more than 500 people worked at the Primus factory, on the Stockholm island Lilla Essingen. Among them were Per Albin Hansson, future Prime Minister of Sweden.
In 1984, the Primus stove was depicted on a Swedish stamp, commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the Swedish patent system.
frans, wilhelm, lindqvist, 1862, 1931, swedish, inventor, designed, first, sootless, kerosene, stove, operated, compressed, started, company, primus, manufacture, sell, primus, stove, born1862died1931, aged, nationalityswedishoccupationinventorlindqvist, born,. 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 Frans Wilhelm LindqvistBorn1862Died1931 aged 68 69 NationalitySwedishOccupationInventorLindqvist was born in Vastergotland and lived in Gothenburg for a few years before moving to Stockholm where he started to work in the AB Separator factory Inspired by a workmate he and his brother were able to design a new kind of burner for kerosene stoves By vaporising the kerosene before it reached the burner their construction had a sootless smokeless hot flame Lindqvist started selling his stove on a small scale basis but the business soon grew The product and the company were dubbed Primus Together with a companion Johan Victor Svensson Lindqvist started industrial production in 1892 With the help of marketing firm B A Hjorth amp Co sales grew and soon the Primus stove was exported abroad In the 1910s more than half a million stoves were made annually In 1930 more than 500 people worked at the Primus factory on the Stockholm island Lilla Essingen Among them were Per Albin Hansson future Prime Minister of Sweden In 1984 the Primus stove was depicted on a Swedish stamp commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of the Swedish patent system External links editPrimus company history on Primus official home page Swedish inventions and discoveries Swedish Institute fact sheet 1929 Primus product catalog at the Swedish Museum of Technology web site nbsp This Swedish business related biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Swedish engineer inventor or industrial designer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Frans Wilhelm Lindqvist amp oldid 1063689445, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
