founded 1934 founder jac jacobsen headquarters oslo norway products lamps website www.luxo.com luxo asa is a norwegian manufacturer of lamps . 1 based in oslo it has sales throughout europe and north america with production plants in norway sweden and california united states . the company was founded in 1934 and was listed on the oslo stock exchange . 2 in 1937 jac jacobsen the founder of luxo invented the luxo l 1 lamp 3 which was the inspiration for the animated short film luxo jr. by pixar . 4 it was also the subject of a subsequent lawsuit by luxo . 5 6 external links edit official site references edit company overview of luxo asa . businessweek . retrieved 15 may 2013 . luxo . story . retrieved 2008 11 02 . the l 1 story . luxo . retrieved 15 may 2013 . pixar animation studios tale of luxo jr. pixar s animated desk lamp triggers lampmaker lawsuit update1 . bloomberg . retrieved 15 may 2013 . luxo lawsuit settled update . big screen animation . retrieved 15 may 2013 . this norwegian corporation or company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title luxo & oldid 744574790 categories manufacturing companies of norwaycompanies established in 1934companies based in oslocompanies formerly listed on the oslo stock exchangenorwegian company stubshidden categories all stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages norsk bokm l edit links this page was last modified on 16 october 2016 at 03 45 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view