All Morakniv articles

  • Frosts Morakniv
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    Frosts rebrands as Morakniv for unified identity

    25 April 2025

    After 134 years, Frosts knives will adopt the Morakniv name, unifying the Swedish brand while maintaining its renowned quality and production standards.

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    New CEO for knife maker Morakniv

    12 March 2024

    Source: Morakniv Richard Jägrud Richard Jägrud, who has been CEO of Silva (Primus Silva Sweden AB) for the past seven years, has been appointed the new CEO of the Swedish company Morakniv AB, effective May 15, 2024. The previous CEO, Johan Burtus, left the company after three ...

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    Swedish knife maker Morakniv appoints new CEO

    10 March 2021

    Morakniv, a Swedish manufacturer of quality knives since 1891, has hired Johan Burtus as CEO. Burtus returns to the region where he was born and raised after spending much of his career abroad, including in Poland, Finland and China. For several years, he ran his own consulting business, helping clients, ...

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    Industrial Revolution has a new VP of sales

    15 September 2020

    Industrial Revolution, a Seattle-based manufacturer of outdoor accessories founded in 1971 as UCO and the American distributor for outdoor brands such as Morakniv of Sweden and Esbit of Germany, has appointed Chris Clark as its new vice president of sales. Clark has more than 20 years of experience in the ...

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    Morakniv nominated for the Swedish Design Awards (Video)

    10 September 2020

    The Swedish manufacturer of outdoor knives Morakniv has been nominated for the Swedish Design Award 2020 in the category film production for its commercial “Morakniv Classic” together with Kojan Film and Consid Communication. The design competition aims to promote and develop Swedish graphic design and communication. It is open to ...

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    New chairman for Morakniv

    8 September 2020

    Source: KJ Eriksson Förvaltning AB Pierre Bengtsson At its annual general meeting, the Swedish group KJ Eriksson Förvaltning AB elected a new board of directors for the group and its subsidiary Morakniv AB, manufacturer of outdoor knives and member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG). Pierre ...

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    CEO Henk Noback leaves Swedish knive maker Morakniv

    15 June 2020

    Henk Noback, chief executive officer at Morakniv, a Swedish manufacturer of knives and member of the Scandinavian Outdoor Group (SOG), is leaving the company at his own request. To ensure a smooth transition with his successor, he will keep his current position for the time being. Morakniv has not yet ...