Aga

AGA was founded by Gustaf Dalén in 1904 by taking over the Gas Accumulator Company in Stockholm that produced and distributed acetylene from carbide gas. The company was renamed Aktiebolaget Gas-Accumulator (AGA). In 1912 Dalén won the Nobel Prize in Physics for his "invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys". However, Dalén had just been blinded in an acetylene explosion and could not attend the ceremony.

In 1912, Dalén built a modern factory in Lidingö. Here, he produced a number of innovative lighting products, many based on acetylene and started a new product line: cookers. This line eventually led to the production of central heating radiators. After 1970, the sprawling company started selling non-core production lines. In 2000, Aga was bought by German gas producer Linde group. The company is now known as AGA Gas AB, still headquartered in Lidingö.

In the Netherlands, the company was represented since 1907 by Koopman & Co in Amsterdam. The Netherlands was an important market for AGA's maritime lighting products. In 1917, AGA established itself in the Netherlands with the foundation of Nederlandsche Gasacumulater Maatschappij NV in Amsterdam by entrepreneurs from Koopman & Co. In 1918, the company moved into a newly built filling station in Duivendrecht, distributing mostly industrial gasses, including acetylene. Headquarters were on Herengracht in Amsterdam. The Duivendrecht filling station was damaged by an attack of the resistance movement in 1944. Allied bombing caused further damage. After the second world war, the company opened further filling stations in Overschie, Zwolle and Nuth. The Duivendrecht facility was replaced in 1963 and closed in 1969. In 2001, the greater part of AGA Nederland was acquired by US industrial gas producer Air Products.

Aktiebolaget Gas-Accumulator
File:AAG1.jpg
	Filename	AAG1
	Side 1	AGA logo
	Side 2	AGA logo
	Manufacture	Copper-nickel
	Size (mm)	22.5
	Weight (grams)
	Notes
	Source	Kooij