GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -Johan Edvard Lundström (1815–1888) further developed Swedish chemist Gustaf Erik Pasch’s idea and applied for the patent on the phosphor-free safety match. His younger brother, Carl Frans Lundström (1823–1917) was an entrepreneur and industrialist with bold ideas.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1844, Swedish professor Gustaf Erik Pasch (1788-1862) invented the safety match. Swedish inventor and industrialist Johan Edvard (1815-1888) and his brother, Carl Frans Lundström (1823-1917), later refined and patented Pasch’s invention.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first so-called ‘safety matches’ were made in Sweden in 1855.

Detailed explanation-4: -In Sweden, the electric telegraph was introduced in 1853, and four years later, the telegraph network extended from Ystad at the southern tip to Haparanda in the far north of Sweden. By 1855, Sweden established contact with the European telegraph network via a cable across Öresund.