Johan Edvard Lundström

Johan Edvard Lundström (1815–1888) was a Swedish industrialist and inventor who pioneered the commercial production of safety matches.

The safety match had been invented by Gustaf Erik Pasch (1788–1862) in 1844, but was difficult to produce commercially.

In 1847 they were ready to set up a production plant and bought an estate on the coast of Lake Vättern where they built a large match factory.

Alexander Lagerman (1836–1904), a Swedish engineer who was employed by the Lundström brothers, invented the first fully automatic match machine.

Kreuger incorporated the business into the company Svenska Tändsticks AB, today known as Swedish Match.