from 1871 to 1993
Massachusetts

• U.S. firearms, bicycle, and motorcycle manufacturer
• Iver Johnson (1841–1895)
• 1857  educated as a gunsmith in Bergen, Norway
• Had a gun store in Oslo, Norway
• 1863 immigrated to Worcester, Massachusetts
• he made “pepperbox” pistols for Allen & Wheelock
• 1871 with Martin Bye created the Johnson Bye & Company
• 1883 Johnson bought Bye out
  – name changed to Iver Johnson & Company
• 1891 name changed Iver Johnson’s Arms & Cycle Works
  – relocated to Fitchburg, Massachusetts
• O.F. Mossberg worked for Iver Johnson durring this time
• 1895 Iver Johnson died of tuberculosis, his sons took over
• 1971 Louis Imperato purchased the name and moved IJ to New Jersey
• 1983 Investors bought Iver Johnson name and moved to Jacksonville, Arkansas
• 1993 ceased trading under its own name
  – owned by American Military Arms Corporation (AMAC)
• 2006 Iver Johnson Arms opened (relation in name only)
  – in Rockledge, Florida
  – manufacturer and firearms importer
  – Iver Johnson Arms is making 1911s

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