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Facit

Facit, Sweden.

Facit started producing pinwheel mechanical calculators in 1918.  The company produced very advanced machines culminating in the keyboard setting models such as the Facit CI-13 & ESA-01.  In the late 1960s electronic desktop calculators were sold under the Facit name, such as the Facit 1123, followed in the early 1970s by hand-held calculators, such as the Facit 1111.  These all appear to have been made by other companies and just marketed by Facit.  In 1972 Facit was taken over by the giant Electrolux company.

 

Examples of Facit calculators

Facit CI-13

Facit CI-13

A very innovative pin-wheel mechanical calculator where the numbers are set using a keyboard.

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Facit 1123

Facit 1123

Desktop calculator using SSI integrated circuits and 'Nixie'-tube type display, made in Japan.

This is a featured calculator.

Facit 1111

Facit 1111

Early hand-held calculator with stylish green Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD), made in Japan.

This is a featured calculator.

For further photographs of Facit hand-held calculators see the Calculator Photo Library on this site.

 

The story of Facit mechanical calculators and their demise is told in the YouTube video "The Rapid Collapse of the Swedish Mechanical Calculator Industry" at www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJPMIjVGzd0

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