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The Trangia history
Trangia was founded in 1925 by John E. Jonsson. His passion
for technology and his zeal as a designer were demonstrated at
an early age. Rejecting life as a farmer, John and his father-in-
law decided to start the company that for generations has been
leading the Swedish windproof stove industry. They started out
manufacturing household pots in aluminium. However, as the
number of holidays increased for Swedish workers in the 1930s,
the demand for camping equipment grew. Trangia decided to
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camping.
In 1938 John’s two sons, Olle and Erik, started working with
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tem was developed and launched. The idea was to build a com-
pact and complete cooking system burning liquid fuel, as this
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the 1970s, Erik’s sons, Bengt and Lennart, joined their father at
Trangia. Today Bengt is the CEO and Lennart is responsible
for technical development. The company and its inventiveness
have been passed down from generation to generation and in
more recent years the 4th generation has started taking an active
role in the company.
The name Trangia is derived from the village of Trång.
John decided to remove the circle above the “a” and then add
“ia” for “in aluminium”. For decades, the name has been one of
the outdoor market’s strongest brands both in Sweden and
internationally.