The origins of the Findus brand date back to the founding of Skånska Frukt- vin- & Likörfabriken ("Scandic Fruit, Wine and Liqueur Factory") in Bjuv, Sweden, in 1905. In 1941 this company was acquired by the confectionery manufacturer Freja Marabou and was subsequently renamed Findus Canning Factory. In 1945 the first Findus-branded deep frozen food products went on sale in Sweden, produced in a small factory in Scania. Findus products were exported to an increasing number of European countries in the late 1950s, including the United Kingdom in 1958.