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<p>[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 308310, member: 50"]Here is some info on the factory. The mention a "4" patent/registration number so I wonder if "5" would be a later trademark maybe?</p><p><br /></p><p>Looks like the translated version didn't copy but I just right clicked and did google translate for English.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gense" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gense" rel="nofollow">https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gense</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="6"><b>Gense [ <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit&section=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit&section=0" rel="nofollow">edit </a>| <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit&section=0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit&section=0" rel="nofollow">edit wikitext </a>]</b></font></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG/250px-Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>The company is located in <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna" rel="nofollow">Eskilstuna</a>with production and headquarters.</p><p><a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustaf_Eriksson,_GENSE._Smestan.JPG" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustaf_Eriksson,_GENSE._Smestan.JPG" rel="nofollow"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gustaf_Eriksson%2C_GENSE._Smestan.JPG/190px-Gustaf_Eriksson%2C_GENSE._Smestan.JPG" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></a></p><p>Gustaf Eriksson</p><p><b>Gense</b> is a Swedish <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktiebolag" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktiebolag" rel="nofollow">limited company</a> that manufactures metal household goods. The name is an abbreviation and stands for <i>Gustaf Eriksson NySilverfabrik, Eskilstuna</i> . Gense is Sweden's oldest yet existing limited company.</p><p><br /></p><p><font size="5"><b>History [ <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit&section=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit&section=1" rel="nofollow">edit </a>| <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit&section=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit&section=1" rel="nofollow">edit wikitext </a>]</b></font></p><p>Gense was established in 1856 when <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ges%C3%A4ll" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ges%C3%A4ll" rel="nofollow">the journeyman</a> Gustaf Eriksson after receiving his <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4starbrev" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4starbrev" rel="nofollow">master craftsman</a> started a <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedja" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedja" rel="nofollow">forge</a> . At that time, valves and tiled ovens were manufactured. Since the Axel Eriksson son of 1885 took over the business, the production of new silver and electrogalvanically silvered brass was transferred. In 1897 GENSE was registered with the <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent-_och_registreringsverket" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent-_och_registreringsverket" rel="nofollow">Patent and Registration Office</a> with order number 4, which means that AB Gense is Sweden's oldest still existing registered limited company.</p><p><br /></p><p>Before the turn of the century, the company increasingly over to make food <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestick" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestick" rel="nofollow">utensils</a> and <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servis" rel="nofollow">tableware</a> in <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nysilver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nysilver" rel="nofollow">nickel silver</a> . Products such as coffee and tea dishes, bread baskets, tiles, candlesticks and tableware were also given space in the production. Over the decades, the company grew and after the turn of the century Gense had over one hundred workers. In 1935, <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostfritt_st%C3%A5l" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostfritt_st%C3%A5l" rel="nofollow">stainless steel was</a> used for cutlery and serving items.</p><p><br /></p><p>In 1964, more than a hundred years after its foundation, was acquired Gense of <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldsmedsaktiebolaget" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldsmedsaktiebolaget" rel="nofollow">Guldsmedsaktiebolaget</a> GAB and production expanded by including cutlery in <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver" rel="nofollow">silver</a> .</p><p><br /></p><p>Today, Gense Norden's largest manufacturer of silver and stainless steel cutlery, giftware, <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjutj%C3%A4rn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjutj%C3%A4rn" rel="nofollow">cast iron</a> cookware and serving items for <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork%C3%B6k" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork%C3%B6k" rel="nofollow">large kitchens</a> . Gense has subsidiaries in Sweden, <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmark" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmark" rel="nofollow">Denmark</a> , <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" rel="nofollow">Finland</a> , <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien" rel="nofollow">Belgium</a> and <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankrike" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankrike" rel="nofollow">France</a> . The head office is still in <a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna" rel="nofollow">Eskilstuna</a> .[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="say_it_slowly, post: 308310, member: 50"]Here is some info on the factory. The mention a "4" patent/registration number so I wonder if "5" would be a later trademark maybe? Looks like the translated version didn't copy but I just right clicked and did google translate for English. [URL]https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gense[/URL] [SIZE=6][B]Gense [ [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit§ion=0']edit [/URL]| [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit§ion=0']edit wikitext [/URL]][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG/250px-Gense_Eskilstuna.JPG[/IMG][/URL] The company is located in [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna']Eskilstuna[/URL]with production and headquarters. [URL='https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gustaf_Eriksson,_GENSE._Smestan.JPG'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Gustaf_Eriksson%2C_GENSE._Smestan.JPG/190px-Gustaf_Eriksson%2C_GENSE._Smestan.JPG[/IMG][/URL] Gustaf Eriksson [B]Gense[/B] is a Swedish [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aktiebolag']limited company[/URL] that manufactures metal household goods. The name is an abbreviation and stands for [I]Gustaf Eriksson NySilverfabrik, Eskilstuna[/I] . Gense is Sweden's oldest yet existing limited company. [SIZE=5][B]History [ [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&veaction=edit§ion=1']edit [/URL]| [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gense&action=edit§ion=1']edit wikitext [/URL]][/B][/SIZE] Gense was established in 1856 when [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ges%C3%A4ll']the journeyman[/URL] Gustaf Eriksson after receiving his [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A4starbrev']master craftsman[/URL] started a [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedja']forge[/URL] . At that time, valves and tiled ovens were manufactured. Since the Axel Eriksson son of 1885 took over the business, the production of new silver and electrogalvanically silvered brass was transferred. In 1897 GENSE was registered with the [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent-_och_registreringsverket']Patent and Registration Office[/URL] with order number 4, which means that AB Gense is Sweden's oldest still existing registered limited company. Before the turn of the century, the company increasingly over to make food [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bestick']utensils[/URL] and [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servis']tableware[/URL] in [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nysilver']nickel silver[/URL] . Products such as coffee and tea dishes, bread baskets, tiles, candlesticks and tableware were also given space in the production. Over the decades, the company grew and after the turn of the century Gense had over one hundred workers. In 1935, [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rostfritt_st%C3%A5l']stainless steel was[/URL] used for cutlery and serving items. In 1964, more than a hundred years after its foundation, was acquired Gense of [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guldsmedsaktiebolaget']Guldsmedsaktiebolaget[/URL] GAB and production expanded by including cutlery in [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silver']silver[/URL] . Today, Gense Norden's largest manufacturer of silver and stainless steel cutlery, giftware, [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gjutj%C3%A4rn']cast iron[/URL] cookware and serving items for [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stork%C3%B6k']large kitchens[/URL] . Gense has subsidiaries in Sweden, [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danmark']Denmark[/URL] , [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland']Finland[/URL] , [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgien']Belgium[/URL] and [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankrike']France[/URL] . The head office is still in [URL='https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskilstuna']Eskilstuna[/URL] .[/QUOTE]
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