Per Kure (company)

Per Kure, born in 1872, returned to Norway in 1897 after receiving an education in electronics in Mittweida, Germany.

[1] In 1912, the company started selling products from Nya Förenade Elektriska Aktiebolaget of Sweden in Norway.

After it had merged to create Allmänna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget (ASEA), Per Kure took over ASEA's Norwegian division, Norsk Motor- og Dynamofabrik, and the new company was renamed A/S Per Kure Norsk Motor- og Dynamofabrik.

[2] In 1944, during the Second World War, the Norwegian resistance movement was active with sabotage against companies which were supplying the German armed forces.

Because of the Allied bombing of Germany, Per Kure was thought to become part of a decentralized production facility for assembly of aircraft engines, and Osvald considered the plant a legitimate target.