History

Fritjof Rantzow started the company on his farm, where he also had a small carpentry workshop located on Boarpsvägen in Hjärnarp. It all began when Boarps School in Hjärnarp built a new gymnasium, which was completed in 1926. When it came time to furnish the gym, the local municipality felt that purchasing all the necessary gym equipment would be expensive. Someone then suggested that the skilled village carpenter, Fritjof Rantzow, should be commissioned to produce the furnishings.

And so it was. The result was of the highest artisanal quality, and experts in the field recommended that he continue on a larger scale. Margretetorp School didn’t want to be left behind and ordered furnishings for their new gymnasium as well. That’s how it all started.

Fritjof established a good relationship with Berg von Linde, who was the chairman of the Skåne Gymnastics Federation. From there, many new contacts followed.
 

The first deliveries, which didn’t have far to go, were transported by horse and wagon. For longer deliveries, the horses had to be steered to the train station in Förslöv. For destinations without railway access, Fritjof would rent a driver and a truck from Ryet. Before long, he had acquired his own truck.

The carpentry workshop on the farm, which had already been extended a couple of times, quickly became too cramped and difficult to work in. In 1937, a new factory was built down in the village, next to the sports field. The business expanded in stages, with additional extensions built over time.
 

In the early 1970s, working in a three-story factory with low ceilings had become uncomfortable and labor-intensive. In 1971, the current facility was completed, just a stone's throw from the old one, with 8,000 square meters all on one level. It was later expanded in 1975, 1985, and 2009, and today covers approximately 11,000 square meters.

In 1986, the company name was changed to Rantzows Sport AB. Today, the company is called Unisport, a group primarily operating in Sweden, Finland, Norway, and Denmark. Unisport is one of Europe’s leading suppliers of sports and fitness facilities.