Chrifa
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| Type | Aksjeselskap |
|---|---|
| Industry | Furniture |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Defunct | 2001 |
| Fate | Acquired by Jacsy; production moved to Sweden |
| Headquarters | , Norway |
| Products | Iron beds, tubular-steel furniture, hospital beds |
Christiania Jernseng- og Jernvarefabrik (Norwegian: The Christiania Iron Bed and Hardware Factory) was a Norwegian producer of iron beds and furniture that also ran a mechanical workshop. Founded in 1904 in Oslo, it originally made hospital beds, ship beds, and similar equipment.[1] Working with architects and designers, it also made tubular-steel furniture for private use, including the Folkestolen cantilever chair by Herman Munthe-Kaas, launched in 1930. From the 1930s the company used the name Chrifa.[1]
With support from the Regional Development Fund, a new factory was built in Nissedal Municipality in Telemark in 1974, and production moved there from Oslo. In 1995 Chrifa was taken over by the Sauda-based aids manufacturer Jacsy, both companies making hospital beds, and in 1998 Jacsy became a subsidiary of MÃļller Industrier. In 2001 it was decided to move bed production to Sweden, and the Nissedal factory has since been used for various industrial purposes.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Andreassen, Dag; Linder, Mats. "Christiania Jernseng- og Jernvarefabrik". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 June 2026.
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