Clas Ohlson company was founded in 1918 by the technically minded Clas Ohlson (1895–1979), as a mail order business based in the Swedish village of Insjön, Dalarna. Initially, only manuals and technical literature were sold, thus allowing people who lived in rural communities to obtain literature that would otherwise be unavailable. He opened his first shop in Insjön in 1926, but it was not until 1989, when the company opened a store in a shopping centre in central Stockholm, that it expanded into the retail business. The first store outside Sweden was opened 1991 in Oslo in Norway and in 1999, the
Bas Clas Bas Clas Bas Clas (pronounced ‘bahs clahs’) is a rock band formed in Lafayette, Louisiana in the late 1970s by brothers Donnie and Steve Picou. The name is derived from a Cajun term meaning "low class." The name is a tongue-in-cheek poke at prejudice, a reflection of the band's attitude. From 1976 to 1991, Bas Clas worked the music scene of the Deep South and released three 45rpm singles on their own record labels. The first "Chasing a Mad Dog/All in Your Mind" was released on Toe Up Records, a moniker the band created for the release. One thousand copies