Hasselblad

Victor Hasselblad AB
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryPhotographic equipment and supplies
GenreCamera equipment
FoundedGothenburg, Sweden
1841; 183 years ago (1841)
FounderFritz Wiktor Hasselblad
Headquarters
Gothenburg
,
Sweden
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
Victor Hasselblad
ProductsCameras, lenses and scanners
RevenueIncrease SEK 569 million (2020)[1]
Increase SEK 42 million (2020)[2]
Increase SEK 42 million (2020)[2]
OwnerDJI
Ventizz
Number of employees
210
SubsidiariesHasselblad A/S, Hasselblad Bron Inc, Hasselblad Vertriebsgesellschaft mbH, Hasselblad (UK) Ltd, Hasselblad France SAS, Hasselblad Japan KK
Websitewww.hasselblad.com

Victor Hasselblad AB is a Swedish manufacturer of medium format cameras, photographic equipment and image scanners based in Gothenburg, Sweden. The company originally became known for its classic analog medium-format cameras that used a waist-level viewfinder. Perhaps the most famous use of the Hasselblad camera was during the Apollo program missions when the first humans landed on the Moon. Almost all of the still photographs taken during these missions used modified Hasselblad cameras. In 2016, Hasselblad introduced the world's first digital compact mirrorless medium-format camera, the X1D-50c, changing the portability of medium-format photography. Hasselblad produces about 10,000 cameras a year from a small three-storey building.[3]

Former Hasselblad headquarters built in 2003 (now occupied by Sveriges Television AB)
  1. ^ "Public accounts". Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Public accounts". August 18, 2013. Archived from the original on December 11, 2013. Retrieved August 18, 2013.
  3. ^ Savov, Vlad (6 February 2018). "This is how the world's most covetable cameras get made". The Verge. Retrieved 6 February 2018.