 The year 1845 has been called the starting point of early industrialization in Norway.This is because of the founding of Nydalens Compagnie, and in addition the factory Vøiens Bomuldsspinderi was being built.The textile manufacturing at Nydalens Compagnie began in 1847, and between the 1890s and the 1940s Nydalens Compagnie was the largest textile company in the country with about 1100 employees.