Axel Wenner-Gren

Electrolux is a global leader in household appliances and appliances for professional use, selling more than 40 million products to customers in more than 150 markets every year.

“At Electrolux we encourage employees to take charge of their careers.” Hans Stråberg, President and CEO

Electrolux is our flagship brand for kitchen and cleaning appliances for both consumers and professional users. Since 1919, innovative solutions from Electrolux have made life easier and more enjoyable for hundreds of millions of...

Electrolux increases its share of the Swedish market. On September 3, 1926, Axel Wenner-Gren personally bought Elektriska AB Volta from Skandinaviska bank.

The idea for the modern vacuum cleaner was born in 1908, on Kärtnerstrasse in Vienna. And so this indispensable household product came into being, according to legend, anyway.

1910. Elektromekaniska is established in Stockholm.

1921. Model V is launched. It is regarded as the first step towards an easy to use vacuum cleaner for ordinary homes.

1930. The first built-in refrigerator is launched, a compact product for the kitchenette in the small, modern apartments of the time.

1950. Electrolux begins producing vacuum cleaners and floor polishers in São Paolo, Brazil.

Starting out with a single vacuum cleaner, after 90 years of innovations and acquisitions, the Electrolux Group today is a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional use.