Eidsvoll Electronics

Eidsvoll Electronics, the story

Eidsvoll Electronics was founded by Erik Olsson, a Swedish engineer, inventor and former employee at the Norwegian Defence Research Establishment – FFI. From a young age Erik was genuinely interested in electronics and solving problems with technology. As early as 1949 he bought his first transistor, a Raytheon CK722. From 1964 to 1965 he participated in development of a control system for the radio telescope at Råö rymdobservatorium, north of Gothenburg. In 1966 he set up his own laboratory in his garage at his home in Eidsvoll. There he started development of a satellite telemetry decoder which was delivered to Tromsø Telemetry Station following year, and Eidsvoll Electronics was born.

To meet a growing demand for scientific instruments and environmental measurements Erik gathered a crew of bright engineers and moved into larger and more suitable premises in the vicinity. In the years that followed the company became a national pioneer in research and development in advanced telemetry and space grade instruments. Later the company used “EIDEL” as the company’s brand name.

‘Innovative Electronics’ has always been EIDEL’s trademark. Erik and his crew buildt a company with a culture where employees are eager to explore, learn and solve problems in new areas. Such when developing remote measurement and control systems for subsea vessels and telemetry decoders to monitor offshore gass platforms, and when EIDEL developed an avalanche detection system. And lets not forget the legendary automatic chicken shit remover (“Hønemøkk-raker”) which EIDEL designed and deployed to local farms in the region.

In 1987 EIDEL celebrated its 20th anniversary and produced a promotional video, “EIDEL, the story” where you can see several of these inventions.

EIDEL has for more than 50 years delivered unique solutions for a broad set of customers.

EIDEL, today

Even though Erik retired from the company in 1987, EIDEL’s has maintained it’s core values of empowerment, synergy and curiosity, and has strengthened its position as a strategic technology partner to national defense and space industry. Read more about EIDEL today.