Lawn & Garden Tractors by Husqvarna (Electrolux/Frigidaire)

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Husqvarna makes, or has made, a variety of brands of lawn and garden tractors.  This site is to showcase some, (hopefully many), of those brands. Husqvarna was formerly part of the Electrolux Group.

 

Electrolux is the world's largest builder of lawn & garden tractors.  A short run-down on the company: 

1978 - Purchased Partner of Sweden 

1979 - purch. Husqvarna of Sweden, which traces roots to 1689

1979 - purch. Jonsered of Sweden

1979 - Weed Eater merged with Poulan

1986 - purch. Poulan/Weed Eater of USA in 1986 from Emerson Electric, and operated as a div. of WCI, White Consolidated Industries Outdoor Products

1988 - purch. American Yard Products of USA

1988 - Partner-Pioneer div. merged into Poulan/Weed Eater, creating the Poulan Pro brand

1989 - purch. Roper outdoor products unit from GE, and renamed American Yard Products

1990 - purch. Allegretti & Co., makers of the Paramount brand and merged into Poulan/Weed Eater

1997 - Poulan/Weed Eater, Frigidaire and American Yard Products combined to form Frigidaire Home Products

1999 - purch. rights to McCulloch products outside of USA

2000 - purch. Blue Bird

2000 - USA operations renamed Electrolux Home Products

2005 - Electrolux announces plans to spin off or sell the Outdoor Products unit

2006 - The Electrolux Outdoor Products unit, including Husqvarna, is spun off into Husqvarna Outdoor Products, part of the new Husqvarna Group.

2006 - Acquired Dixon Industries, a US-based manufacturer of residential zero-turn mowers.

2007 - Purchased the Swedish lawnmower company Klippo.

2007 - Purchased outdoor products division of Japan's Komatsu Zenoah.

2008 - Purchased Jeng Feng Industrial of Taiwan, the owner of the McCulloch brand in North America, thus giving Husqvarna world-wide rights to the McCulloch brand

To contact Husqvarna/Frigidaire/Poulan, click here: (Please contact them for parts, manuals, etc...)

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Husqvarna manufactures, or has manufactured, many different brands of lawn & garden tractors over the years...  Agway, BERNARD Loisirs, Central Park, Craftsman, David Bradley, Flymo, Huskee, Husqvarna, Jonsered, Lawn-King Rally, McCulloch, McCulloch Pro, Paramount, Partner, Partner Pro, Predator, Poulan, Poulan Pro, Rally, Ranch King Pro, Rodeo, Roper, Roper-Rally, SARP, Sentar, Statesman, TAGA, Weed Eater, Val Garden, Verts Loisirs, Viking, Wiking, Yard Pro...

  

Please let me know what you think of my site!  Feel free to e-mail me photos of Husqvarna/Electrolux/Frigidaire-built tractors that are not represented here.