Wilhelm Edner (born 1868, date of death unknown) was a Swedish businessman and writer.[1]

Portrait of Wilhelm Edner
Wilhelm Edner

Edner was born in Malmö, Sweden. In 1894, he opened a grocery store in Malmö where he sold coffee. In 1910s, he began selling a floor wax, called bonvax, in the grocery store, which had never been sold in the Swedish market before.[2]

When Edner realized the potential of bonvax, in 1919, he founded the company Bona AB, which specialized in wood protection.[3]

References

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  1. ^ ¿ How Many types of coffe are available ? | Sydsv. kliché- & tr.-a.-b., 1924 - 20 páginas
  2. ^ "Bona History". Bona.
  3. ^ "Bona Celebrates 100 Year Anniversary". Globe News Wire. September 4, 2019.