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Primus Primus 210L; picture donated by Ross Mellows. Two of Monte Dodge's Primus model 71's. The one to the left is a late 50's, the other is 1964 ( Blue and red) Website: http://www.primus.se/konsument/consumer_e.htm F.W.Lindqvist invented the pressurize kerosene stove in 1892, and he and his partner J.V.Svenson first produced the stove in their company J.V.Svensons Fotogẽnkőksfabric. After some years they took on B.A.Hjort & Co (Bahco) as export agents for their Primus brand - a wise step, as the resulting success made Primus an internationally renowned brand.. In 1918 Bahco acquired the company and brand. From 1953, Bahco started phasing over to LP-gas stoves and in 1962 the Primus brand rights for use on kerosene and white gas stoves was sold to Optimus. In 1966, the entire Primus company was phased out from Bahco and sold to longtime rivals Sievert. Optimus phased out the Primus brand name during the 90's and in the same decade Sievert-Primus started to produce multifuel stoves under the Primus brand again. Bahco itself was discontinued in 1992. (Credits to Ross Mellows - the Spiritburner at http://www.spiritburner.com/ - for digging up much of the above information. His site is the last word so far on information about Svenson, Nyquist, Primus, Sievert and B.A.Hjort. The Primus dating chart he has assembled is priceless.) Here's more webpages about the origin of Primus and Bahco: http://www.nasbydal.taby.se/Projekt/Inventors/Primus/Primus_En.htm
Model: Primus B Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Soldered-on support rods. Cast-iron pan support. Roarer burner. Manufactured 1911, according to stampings.
Model: Primus 0 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 1 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 1 (S) Senior Fuel: kerosene		Click for large scale! Picture donated by Pete Wilson
Model: Primus 3 Fuel: kerosene	Very large. Brass tank. Roarer burner. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 4 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 5 Fuel: kerosene	1.5 pint brass tank. Cast iron pan support. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 5 (S) Senior Fuel: kerosene		Click for large scale! Picture donated by Pete Wilson
Model: Primus 6 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 7 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 10 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 12 Fuel: kerosene	Large brass tank. Roarer burner. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 14 Fuel: kerosene	Large brass tank. Silent burner. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 15 Fuel: kerosene	Large brass tank. Roarer burner. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 16 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 22 Camp Fuel: multifuel (kerosene and white gas)	Two burners.
Model: Primus 22B Camp Fuel: petrol	Two burners.
Model: Primus 30 Fuel: kerosene	Brass one-pint tank. Soldered-on support rods. Roarer burner. Available during the 1920's.
Model: Primus 34 Fuel: kerosene	Brass one-pint tank. Soldered-on support rods. Silent burner. Available during the 1920's.
Model: Primus 41 (SP) Fuel: kerosene	Heavy box. Brass tank.	Picture contributed by Terrence Marsh.
Model: Primus 45 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Collapsible.
Model: Primus 50 Fuel: kerosene	Steel tank. Collapsible.
Model: Primus 51 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Collapsible.
Model: Primus 53 Fuel: kerosene	Steel tank. Collapsible.
Model: Primus 54 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Brass pan support. Valve on fuel lid. Collapsible. Silent burner. Possibly from 1939. Check out the feature page!	Click for large scale! Picture donated by Ken Weida
Model: Primus 70 Auto Stove Fuel: white gas	Brass tank. Brass-covered(?) tin box. The sample pic is the oldest version seen of this model yet. The only 70 observed with a funnel yet.	Click for large scale! Pictures donated by Thor Arne Jensen
Model: Primus 70 Auto Stove Fuel: white gas	Brass tank No control valve. Side handle. Pin safety valve.
Model: Primus 70 Auto Stove Fuel: white gas	Brass tank Control valve. Pin safety valve.
Model: Primus 70L Auto Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a tin. Brass tank
Model: Primus 71E Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a tin. Brass tank Cooking set included.
Model: Primus 71L Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a tin. Brass tank Old version and very square tin, with no partition.
Model: Primus 71L Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a rounded-off square tin. Brass tank Possibly from 1937.
Model: Primus 71L Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a rounded-off square tin. Brass tank From the 50's. Safety valve in the filler cap.
Model: Primus 71L Bahco Fuel: white gas	Enclosed in a rounded-off square tin. Brass tank From the 60's. Safety valve in the filler cap.
Model: Primus 77 Fuel: white gas/unleaded gas	Double burners.
Model: Primus 84 Fuel:	Very large tank.
Model: Primus 85 Fuel:	Very large tank. From the 30's. Wrought iron support rods.
Model: Primus 96 Fuel:	Small, steel tank Prewar.
Model: Primus 96 Pocket Fuel:	Small, brass tank Prewar. Heavy-duty case.
Model: Primus 96 Pocket Fuel:	Small, chrome-tank tank Prewar. Heavy-duty case. Possibly from 1929.
Model: Primus 96 Pocket Fuel:	Small, chrome-tank tank Prewar. Heavy-duty case. Possibly from 1925.
Model: Primus 96L Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Tin box. Possibly from 1932. Extraordinarily goodlooking.
Model: Primus 96L Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Tin box. Later and less ornate version.	Check out the feature page
Model: Primus 96/4 Fuel: kerosene	Tin box.
Model: Primus 97 Fuel: kerosene	Tin box.
Model: Primus 97L Fuel: kerosene	Tin box. Brass tank
Model: Primus 98 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank.
Model: Primus 99 Fuel:
Model: Primus 100 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank.	Click for large scale! Picture donated by Laurence Langley
Model: Primus 100 Outfit Fuel: kerosene	Tin box. Brass tank. Cans for kerosene and preheater.
Model: Primus 100/4128 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 100/4138 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 100/4043 Fuel: kerosene	Both roarer and silent burner adapters.
Model: Primus 102 Fuel:
Model: Primus 107 Fuel:	Silent burner.
Model: Primus 110/3 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 152 Fuel:
Model: Primus 154/3 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 210 Fuel: kerosene
Model: Primus 210L Fuel: kerosene	Tin box. Brass tank Possibly from 1933.
Model: Primus 210L Fuel: kerosene	Tin box. Chrome-tank tank Possibly from 1933.
Model: Primus 210L Camper's Primus Outfit Fuel: kerosene	Tin box. Brass tank Possibly from the 50's. Roarer burner.	Click for large scale! Picture donated by Ross Mellows
Model: Primus 212L Fuel: kerosene	From around 1920's.
Model: Primus 215 Fuel: kerosene	2.25 pint tank. From around 1914. Roarer burner.
Model: Primus 216 Fuel: kerosene	2.25 pint tank. From around 1914. Silent burner.
Model: Primus 221 Fuel:	Brass tank Possibly from 1932.
Model: Primus 221 Fuel:	Chrome-tank tank Possibly from 1930's
Model: Primus 221L Fuel:	Tin box.
Model: Primus 229 Fuel:	0.33 pint tank
Model: Primus 230L Fuel: kerosene	1 pint tank. Roarer burner. Tin box.
Model: Primus 234L Fuel: kerosene	1 pint tank. Silent burner. Tin box.
Model: Primus 303 Fuel: kerosene	Brass tank. Soldered-on support rods.
Model: Primus 523 Fuel: kerosene	Double burners. Brass tank. Samples stamped 'J' are probably from 1933.	Click for large scale! Picture donated by Mike Baker
Model: Primus 527 Fuel: kerosene	Double burners. Brass tank.
Model: Primus 733 Fuel:	Double burners. Large tank. No support rods.
Model: Primus 733 Fuel:	Double burners. Large tank. No support rods. Roarer burners.
Model: Primus 1100 Fuel:	Cast iron stand.
Model: Primus 2048 Fuel: propane gas	Double burners. Case. Coproduced with Sievert. Patented 1962.
Model: Primus 2069 Fuel: propane gas	Double burners.
Model: Primus 2221 Mini Camp Stove Fuel: butane gas	Orange.
Model: Primus 2222 Fuel: gas	Double burners. Orange case.	Click for large scale! Picture donated by Mike Williams
Model: Primus 2255 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Alpine Duo Fuel: propane/butane gas	Stove and lamp in one.
Model: Primus Alpine Micro Fuel: propane/butane gas
Model: Primus Alpine Power Cook HPS Fuel: gas	Piezo ignotion.
Model: Primus EX-MFS Fuel: gas
Model: Primus EX-3233 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Exult1A Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Exult2A Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Frei Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Himalaya Vari-Fuel Fuel: multifuel	External tank
Model: Primus Himalaya Multi-Fuel Fuel: multifuel	External tank
Model: Primus IP-2243 SWA Fuel: gas
Model: Primus IP-2253 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus IP-2263 Fuel:
Model: Primus IP-MBL Fuel: gas
Model: Primus P-121 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus P-141 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus P-151 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus P-171 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus P-GFS Fuel: gas
Model: Primus PLS-3266 Fuel: gas
Model: Primus PLS-3299 Fuel:
Model: Primus Spider Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Yellowstone Classic Trail Fuel: gas
Model: Primus Yellowstone Techno Trail With Piezo Fuel: gas	Piezo ignition.
Model: Primus Yellowstone Light Trail Fuel: propane/butane gas
Model: Primus Yellowstone Light Trail With Piezo Fuel: propane/butane gas	Piezo ignition.
Model: Primus Caesar X Fuel: alcohol	Possibly antique. Ornate cast-iron model. Brass tank.