Bofors
Sign in to saveAB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years.
Key facts
- Company.name
- AB Bofors
- Company.logo
- Bofors old logotype.png
- Company.logo_size
- 100px
- Company.logo_caption
- Bofors older heraldic logotype, featuring two lions upholding two circles containing the "Bofors arrow" (B-arrow), crowned by a lit grenade
- Company.image_size
- 250px
- Company.native_name
- Aktiebolaget Bofors
- Company.native_name_lang
- sv
- Company.former_name
- Bofors-Gullspång Company Ltd.
- Company.founded
- in Karlskoga, Sweden
- Company.hq_location_city
- Karlskoga, Sweden
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- Image
- FNS Karjala (1969) main gun.jpg
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- Bofors
- inception
- 1873-01-01
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 1991-00-00
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- Present ownership
- Products
- Guns
- Missiles
- Other weapons
- Scandal in India
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AB Bofors ( , , ) is a former Swedish arms manufacturer which today is part of the British arms manufacturer BAE Systems. The name has been associated with the iron industry and artillery manufacturing for more than 350 years.
==History== Located in Karlskoga neighborhood of Bofors, Sweden, the company originates from the hammer mill "Boofors", which was founded as a royal state-owned company in 1646 when P. L. Hosman was permitted to erect a forge at the site.'''' Sigrid Ekehielm, also known as Boås-Beata, who lived from the 1640s to 1700, at one point owned it.