Family enterprise with roots in Gothenburg
A legacy of enterprise, investment and family ownership
Welcome to Kinde & Co Limited. Discover the history of a Gothenburg family whose work has spanned finance, textiles, property, manufacturing and investment, and the distinct family companies that continue that tradition today.
The heritage
Rooted in Gothenburg, shaped across generations
The family arrived in Gothenburg in the 1860s. Through enterprise, ownership and civic involvement, successive generations became connected with finance, wool and textiles, real estate, boat marinas, leather manufacturing, flooring and other industries in Sweden and beyond.
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Two histories, closely connected
The companies and the family are best understood together: commercial activity on one side, people and relationships on the other.
Milestones
A timeline of continuity
1860s
The Kinde family arrives in Gothenburg with Johannes Oscar Jacobson Kinde.
1905
Jacob Wilhelm Kinde founds the original Kinde & Co business in Gothenburg.
1914
The Swedish business is incorporated as Aktiebolaget Kinde & Co.
2014
A distinct company, Kinde & Co Limited, is formed in the United Kingdom.
Present
The family continues consultancy and investment activities through its Swedish and UK companies.
In Deo Spero
The story extends far beyond the companies
Explore the people, marriages, enterprises and civic contributions recorded in the Kinde family archive.
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