Höganäs Keramik

Höganäs AB is a Swedish company that manufactures kitchen items made ​​of ceramic and stoneware. The company is located in the southern Swedish city of Höganäs.

The company was founded in 1909 by Karl Andersson and Sigfrid Johansson, under the name Andersson & Johansson,. Initially, the production of ceramic ware was still modest, but in 1914 they participated in the " Baltic Exhibition" ( Baltiska utställningen ) in Malmö part. During the 1920s, the factory was expanded and ten years later they came out with the first own collections on the market. You put forth various refractory goods, with the typical red-brown glaze.

In 1948 the company was transformed into a joint stock company and expanded its range with pots, bowls and shapes. On the Helsingborg Exhibition 1955 was presented as the series Old Höganäs. Now you also changed the production of pure craftsmanship to industrial.

In the 1990s, Höganäs of BodaNova was purchased. Since early 2000, Höganäs AB belongs with, among others, Arabia, Hackman and Rörstrand for Finnish Iittala Iittala in, which in turn was taken over in 2007 by Fiskars.

A classic was the so-called Höganäskrus ( Höganäskrug ), which is still produced in many different sizes, and which is depicted symbolically in the company logo.