Odhner

Odhner is a Swedish family. Notable members include:

People

• Bengt Odhner (1918–1990), Swedish diplomat
• 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.