Swedish company ELFA, which distributes electronics components, instruments, tools, and books to business and private customers, was founded in 1945 by Arne Lydmar and Nils "Nisse" Jensen.
[2] Since 1945, ELFA has published its regionally well-known catalog which currently contains listings of more than 65,000 products, and is printed in 134,000 copies (2006).
The printed catalog is supplemented by a website with online ordering and datasheet viewing/downloading.
Daughter companies of ELFA are located in Finland, Norway, Denmark, and Poland.
A network of electronics retailers represent the company in several European countries.