Primus was founded in 1892 in Stockholm by F.W. Lindqvist and J.V. Svenson, who created the world’s first soot-free kerosene stove and named it Primus — Latin for “the first.” Its reliability quickly made Primus stoves sought after for expeditions, accompanying some of history’s most iconic adventures — from Roald Amundsen at the South Pole in 1911 to Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary on Mount Everest in 1953.

Today, we develop portable outdoor stoves, vacuum bottles, flasks, and outdoor cooking accessories. All stoves are designed in Sweden, and most are assembled in our own factory in Tartu, Estonia. Our products make impossible meals possible on adventures close to home or far from civilization.