AB Felix


AB Felix was a Swedish food company with seat in Eslöv. Felix was a part of Orkla since 1995. Its main products were produced from potatoes and pickles.
The company was founded by Herbert Felix who arrived in Sweden 1938 as a refugee from Nazism. He was hired by AB P. Håkansson who had a surplus of acetic acid needed expertise in pickles. Herbert Felix had the necessary experience since he had worked with the family company Löw & Felix in modern-day Znojmo. They were known for their Znaimer Gurken and in the new company cucumber pickles were the major products, even after the company expanded its production to include potato-based foodstuffs. Following the Second World War, an important client of the company became the United States forces which were still stationed in Europe. In 1959, AB Felix started an Austrian daughter company, Felix Austria.