Svend Olufsen

{{short description|Danish electrical engineer (1897-1949)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Svend Olufsen

| image = Svend Andreas Grøn Olufsen (cropped).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Olufsen, circa 1930

| birth_name = Svend Andreas Grøn Olufsen

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1897|12|12|df=y}}

| birth_place = Quistrup at Struer, Denmark

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|12|22|1897|12|12|df=y}}

| death_place = Skive, Denmark

| nationality = Danish

| other_names =

| known_for = Bang & Olufsen

| occupation = Electrical engineer

}}

Svend Olufsen was a Danish electrical engineer who co-founded Bang & Olufsen with Peter Bang. Like Bang, Olufsen studied at the Technical University of Aarhus. Olufsen and Bang both shared an enthusiasm for radio, which at the time was in its infancy.{{cite web|title=Svend Andreas Grøn Olufsen|url=http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=svendolufsen|accessdate=28 December 2011}}

After Bang returned from a trip to the United States, he and Olufsen began running experiments in Olufsen's family manor, Quistrop, in Struer, Denmark. Their company, Bang & Olufsen, was formally established on 17 November 1925, with Olufsen primarily focusing on the business aspects.{{cite web|title=Bang & Olufsen – A Short History – The First 25 Years|url=http://www.beoworld.org/article_view.asp?id=30|work=BeoWorld: Everything Bang & Olufsen|accessdate=28 December 2011}} Olufsen's mother, Anna, helped fund the company through the sale of their family's eggs.{{cite web|title=Svend Andreas Grøn Olufsen|url=http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=svendolufsen|accessdate=28 December 2011}} Their first commercially viable product came in 1927 with the production of a radio that could connect to alternating current, rather than be battery-powered.