Episode 2 of 2
Lundström Brothers Improve Design
- When
- 1855–1860
- Where
- Jönköping
Johan Edvard and Carl Frans Lundström improved Pasch's safety match design, leading to commercial success in Sweden around 1855–1860.
The Lundström brothers started a large-scale match industry in Jönköping around 1847. They took Pasch's design and improved it, introducing the improved safety match in the early 1850s. Their version won an award at the 1855 World Fair in Paris, marking the commercial success of the safety match.
Sources
- Gustaf Erik Pasch Wikipedia, revision of 2026-05-02
- Match Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-29
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