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      • Electrolux Group shapes living for the better by reinventing taste, care and wellbeing experiences, making life more enjoyable and sustainable for millions of people.

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    Sustainability
      • Electrolux Group is an industry leader in sustainability. The Group has bold 2030 sustainability Goals and aims to achieve net-zero emissions in the value chain by 2050.


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        For the Better – Sustainability achievements 2024

      • For the Better
      • Better Company
        • Drive resource-efficient operations
        • Act ethically, lead in diversity and respect human rights
        • Drive supply chain sustainability
      • Better Solutions
        • Lead in energy and resource-efficient solutions
        • Offer circular products and business solutions
        • Eliminate harmful materials
      • Better Living
        • Make healthy and sustainable eating the preferred choice
        • Make clothes last twice as long with half the environmental impact
        • Make the home a healthier place to thrive in, with half the carbon footprint
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  • Investor Relations
    Investor Relations
      • Electrolux Group Investor Relations offer a wide range of information for the financial community, including extensive current statistics as well as archived reports. Visit our section for key highlights.

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      • How we create value
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  • Corporate Governance
    Corporate Governance
      • Electrolux Group aims at implementing strict norms and efficient processes to ensure that all operations create long-term value for shareholders and other stakeholders. This involves the maintenance of an efficient organizational structure, systems for internal control and risk management and transparent internal and external reporting.

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  • Career
      • Visit our career site to search for jobs and learn more about life at Electrolux Group

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  • History
    History
      • Founded in Sweden in 1919 by entrepreneur Axel Wenner-Gren, Electrolux has shaped living for the better for over 100 years by reinventing what great taste, care and wellbeing experiences mean for our consumers. This is our story.

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      • Taste experiences
        • Eva Göthberg: The unsung heroine of Electrolux
        • Convenient and compact, the dishwasher comes of age
        • The microwave oven: from accident to household essential.
        • What's cooking? Kitchens then and now
      • Wellbeing in the home
        • Gathering dust: The history of the vacuum bag
        • Electrolux goes global with first mobile vacuum cleaner
        • The rise and fall of the housewives’ favorite
      • Fabric care
        • A uniquely Swedish way of washing your clothes
        • The greatest invention of the industrial revolution?
        • First home washing machine gets the ‘influencer marketing’ treatment
      • Design, sales and marketing
        • A century of cutting-edge design
        • Design timeline
        • Reinventing the door-to-door salesman
        • Creative marketing around the world
      • Company stories
        • Lamp producer Lux launches - forerunner to Electrolux
        • Axel Wenner-Gren founds Electrolux
        • One of the first global companies
        • Harder competition and category expansion
        • Becoming the global leader through acquisitions
        • Refocusing, stronger brands and new markets
        • Globalization, innovation and operational excellence
        • Lions, tigers and ... refrigerators?
      • Brand stories
        • Always an idea ahead – AEG’s 135 year journey
        • Love ice cream? You can thank Frigidaire for inventing the freezer!
        • History of Zanussi: A reflection of the Italian wonder
        • Super cool! Food preservation innovation from 1956 to today
      • History timeline
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  • Contact
    Contact
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Ad brochure from France Ad brochure from France Refrigerator View
Ad brochure from Germany Ad brochure from Germany Refrigerator View
Wenner-Gren attending a demonstration of the Platen-Munters cooling system at the Savoy Hotel, London Wenner-Gren attending a demonstration of the Platen-Munters cooling system at the Savoy Hotel, London View
Advertisement for refrigerator model MC 51 Advertisement for refrigerator model MC 51 View
Refrigerator cars in Cuba Refrigerator cars in Cuba View
The City Box freezer from Electrolux launched in 1956 The City Box freezer from Electrolux launched in 1956 View
The City Box freezer from Electrolux launched in 1956 The City Box freezer from Electrolux launched in 1956 View
The Citybox (C15) was the first freezer from Electrolux The Citybox (C15) was the first freezer from Electrolux View
Ad for the first freezer from Electrolux, the Citybox. Ad for the first freezer from Electrolux, the Citybox View
Refrigerator. Ad brochure from France Refrigerator. Ad brochure from France View
The kitchen, featuring new Frigidaire products with UltraStyle design, was revealed at the 1993 National Association of Home Builder's Show in Las Vegas The kitchen, featuring new Frigidaire products with UltraStyle design, was revealed at the 1993 National Association of Home Builder's Show in Las Vegas View
Electrolux Generation 80 kitchen Electrolux Generation 80 kitchen View
Wellington has hosted the mounting of vacuum cleaners since 1940, and manufacturing of vacuum cleaners since 1949 as well as the manufacturing of refrigerators since 1954. Wellington has hosted the mounting of vacuum cleaners since 1940, and manufacturing of vacuum cleaners since 1949 as well as the manufacturing of refrigerators since 1954. Electrolux LTD Wellington New Zealand View
Exhibition showcase for the Electrolux refrigerator model L300 Exhibition showcase for the Electrolux refrigerator model L300 View
A rendering by the American designer Raymond Loewy A rendering by the American designer Raymond Loewy View
The refrigerator factory in Motala The refrigerator factory in Motala View
Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia Exhibition in Melbourne, Australia View
Electrolux refrigerator model L1, the first air-cooled refrigerator Electrolux refrigerator model L1, the first air-cooled refrigerator View
Refrigerator ad brochure from Australia Refrigerator ad brochure from Australia View
Refrigerator ad brochure from France Refrigerator ad brochure from France View
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Electrolux Group is a leading global appliance company that has shaped living for the better for more than 100 years. We reinvent taste, care and wellbeing experiences for millions of people, always striving to be at the forefront of sustainability in society through our solutions and operations. Under our group of leading appliance brands, including Electrolux, AEG and Frigidaire, we sell household products in around 120 markets every year. In 2025 Electrolux Group had sales of SEK 131 billion and employed 39,000 people around the world.

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