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Odhner

Odhner is a Swedish family. Notable members include:

People

  • Clas Theodor Odhner (1836–1904), Swedish historian, director of the Swedish National Archives
  • Willgodt Theophil Odhner (1845–1905), Swedish engineer and inventor of the Odhner Arithmometer working in Russia
  • Nils Johan Teodor Odhner (1879–1928), Swedish arctic explorer and zoologist who studied trematodes and decapod crustaceans
  • Nils Hjalmar Odhner (1884–1973), Swedish zoologist who studied mollusks

Other

  • Odhner Arithmometer, a mechanical calculator invented by Willgodt Theophil Odhner
  • AB Original-Odhner, a Swedish company manufacturing Odhner calculators
  • Facit-Odhner, a subsidiary of Facit AB, which bought AB Original-Odhner in 1942

References

  • Hans Gillingstam, "Odhner", Svenskt biografiskt lexikon, vol. 28.
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