Bjørklund

Thor Bjørklund (1889 – 1975) was a cabinet maker from Lillehammer. He had long pondered how cheese could be sliced more neatly. The idea led to a tool that was both gentler on the cheese and the household budget. The cheese slicer was so unique that he patented it in 1925. This marked the beginning of an industrial adventure and a Norwegian icon that is still thriving, almost 100 years later.

The cheese slicer from Bjørklund1925
Thor Bjørklund's first cheese slicer consisted of four parts: a blade with an edge, the middle piece, and a pin. The handle was then mounted onto this blade. Over the years, there has been an evolution in how the different parts are produced. Still, it is the individual components and the way they are assembled that characterize the user-friendliness and quality of a Bjørklund1925 cheese slicer.