Our history

Väderstad’s colourful history dates back to the early 60s, and has ever since been characterised by an entrepreneurial spirit, creation of ingenious farm machinery and a strong drive to rationalize farming methods.

Please click on each of the decades to keep reading about how Rune Stark and Siw Stark started out making a rigid tine harrow for their own farm, and how the family turned it into a sustained and international business. 

Rune stark with his telephone

1960s

The humble beginnings

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Test folding the new roller

1970s

The business takes off

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Scandinavias most successful cultivator

1980s

Scandinavia's most successful cultivator

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Väderstad seed drill Rapid

1990s

The Rapid era

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Rune stark in front off seed hawk

2000s

An era of geographical expansion

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Aerial view of Väderstad, with many parked cars and agricultural machines in the field

2010s

Investing in the future

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2020s

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