Sandnes will be a charging station with a population of around 500. In Høyland there are around 2000 inhabitants.

After his confirmation, Jonas comes to Sandnes to work in his brother Sven's bakery. After a short time, he joins his brother Thore's grocery store. He stays there for several years.

Jonas enjoys the life of a merchant and therefore spends a couple of years as an apprentice to merchant Henrik Svensen in Stavanger.

The ferry «Oscar»I starts operating between Sandnes and Stavanger.

When he returns to Sandnes, Jonas is still too young to take out commercial citizenship. The solution is to open a business in his sister's name

The road from Gjesdal down Austråttbakken to Krossen is started.

At the age of 21, Jonas Øglænd obtains commercial citizenship and registers a company in his own name.

Telegraph station at Sandnes.

Øglænd buys a plot of land in Krossen. The following year, a one-and-a-half storey house with a warehouse is completed and Jonas opens a stall under his own roof.

From the outset, the stall sold fertilizer and concentrated feed. Øglænd is said to have been the first in the district to start using artificial fertilizer.

Jonas Øglænd becomes sole distributor in Norway for Fichtel & Sachs Torpedo frinav.

The company builds its first sea house.

The dissolution of the union. The referendum in Sandnes is moved to Elim.

Norsk Hydroelektrisk Kvælstofaktieselskap (Norsk Hydro)

Lars and Jakob travel to the world exhibition in Liege to learn about bicycle production. They also visit Antwerp, Hamburg, Cologne and Paris.

Lars and Jakob travel to the world exhibition in Liege to learn about bicycle production. They also visit Antwerp, Hamburg, Cologne and Paris.

Two workers' associations are founded in Sandnes.

Trial operation from Sviland power station with electricity to Sandnes where it goes to the bicycle factory and to Lars Øglænd's private home.

Separate manufactory department after rebuilding the stall in Krossen.

Voting rights for women.

Sandnes jern og metallarbeiderforning is newly founded.

Some of the workers at the bicycle factory join the Sandnes Casual Workers' Union.

Outbreak of the First World War.

Some of the bicycle workers form their own section of the casual workers' association.

Workers at the bicycle factory are on strike for three weeks without results.

The number of employees in Jonas Øglænd is 95.

The company secured the bicycle factory 60 tons of bicycle material from Germany.

Jonas Bjarne Øglænd opens a purchasing office in New York.

Stavanger Aftenblad reports that the company Jonas Øglænd with ”Drammensfjord” has received several automobiles directly from America. More cars and a batch of larger motorcycles are on their way.

The company is 50 years old. In connection with the anniversary, a relief fund is set up to support employees during illness.

The 8-hour day with a 48-hour week is enshrined in law.

There are 2803 inhabitants in Sandnes and 7006 inhabitants in Høyland.

Major strike involving 120,000 organized workers in Norway.

Organized workers at the bicycle factory participate in the strike. 13 workers lose their jobs as a result of the strike and the union is crushed.

Sigurd J. Øglænd joins the company and starts a wholesale department trading in manufactured goods, concentrated feed and fertilizers. Traveling representatives and agents incorporate one district after another.

First radio broadcast in Norway.

Ålgårdbanen is opened.

Langgata will be paved.

«The »Junior" two-wheeler is launched. Photo of Astrid Beate Øglænd Sandved on a prototype the year before.

Øglænd establishes a clothing factory with 11 seamstresses and a manageress in 1926.

Sverre Haga establishes a bus route between Sandnes and Stavanger.

The crash on the New York Stock Exchange.

The crisis following the crash of the New York Stock Exchange hits Europe and Norway. Sandnes is relatively unaffected by the worst of the crisis.

Høyland village museum is established. The population of Sandnes passes 3000. In Høyland there are just over 8,000.

Jonas Øglænd changes with his children and Jakob and Lars Øglænd become sole owners of the company. Jonas Bjarne Øglænd returns from the USA and joins the bicycle factory. Per Sanne, Lars Øglænd's son-in-law, joins the manufacturing department. On October 10, Jonas Øglænd dies, almost 85 years old. The garment workers go on strike. The company becomes the sole distributor in Norway for Sachsmotor.

Naming competition that gives the bike name DBS - Den Beste Sykkel.

The city of Sandnes is 75 years old and is organizing an anniversary exhibition in what is now the Ruten area.

Kramboden in Krossen is converted into a modern commercial building. An in-house decorator is employed who is responsible for the window display.

Sola airport opens.

A new garment factory is built in 2 wings.

Germany invades Norway and the country is at war.

The number of employees in Jonas Øglænd is 758.

With the latest extension in Solveien, the bicycle factory covers almost two entire blocks in the city center. The pedestrian bridge between Solaveien 3 and 10 is decorated by Ståle Kyllingstad.

The company is celebrating its 75th anniversary.

Peace in Norway.

The Norwegian Export Council is established.

«Den Nye Konfeksjon Ø-klær» is launched with self-made suits.

The population of Sandnes city is 4184. In Høyland there are 9654 inhabitants.

3 weeks of vacation becomes statutory.

Jakob and Lars Øglænd become Knights 1st Class of the Order of St. Olav for their contribution to Norwegian business.

The Norwegian Parliament decides to accept the Marshall Aid.

A new company agreement is signed. Jonas Bjarne Øglænd, Sigurd J. Øglænd, Tor L. Øglænd and Per Sanne are elected as active shareholders and, together with Jakob and Lars Øglænd, form the legal board.

Norway becomes a member of NATO.

The company gets its own social curator, Reidar Skarung. After a few years, he becomes social manager.

Rationing of meat, coffee and sugar is abolished.

The comic Wild West is published and becomes very popular.

The railway in Sandnes will be converted to an elevated line.

The company is launching the Wild West denim brand as «the boys» clothing of choice".

Universal health insurance is introduced.

Elvis Presley dominates the charts and is helping to shape a youth culture of his own.

The company's advertising material begins to address the new youth culture.

Informal meetings between the engineers at Øglænd, Polaris and Aducerket. Eventually develops into TESA (Technical cooperation group).

The holiday home at Bergsagel is ready.

Our own equipment store will open in Langgata 6.

The city of Sandnes celebrated its 100th anniversary. The first regular television broadcasts in Norway. Car rationing in Norway is abolished.

The shopping center will have its own Junior department. The Manufaktur department gets its own Telex facility.

A new clothing factory is being built at Vågen. Manufaktur-engros takes over the clothing factory's former premises.

The textile bazaar opens in Langgata.

The company is expanding in the Vågsgjerd area.

Twiggy is changing fashion for young women.

The company is converted into a limited company where the Øglænd family owns all the shares.

Konfeksjonsfabrikken establishes a satellite factory in Strand municipality.

The grocery store was modernized into a food center with an entrance facing Erling Skjalgsonsgate.

National Insurance Act.

Norrønakonferansen was founded as Jonas Øgländ's anniversary gift to Sandnes Handels-, Håndverks- og Industriforening.

The TESA collaboration is formalized.

The Jonas Øglænd company celebrates its 100th anniversary. In connection with the anniversary, the Sandnes day care center, later Varatun kindergarten, was donated to the city.

The first discoveries on the Ekofisk field.

The company gets its own in-house print shop. Skjalgsonsgate.

Act on value added tax.

Øglænd develops the Bodyguard training equipment.

Starts producing orange coveralls as a protective measure in the industry.

Move-o-matic, a handling robot for industry.

Launches the Pioner brand on workwear.

New automatic pre-mixing plant at Vågen in collaboration with Krossens Havremølle.

The Ekofisk tank is towed out from Stavanger where the workers are wearing Pioneer workwear.

The old bicycle factory will be rebuilt and open as the «HUSET VÅRT» shopping center.

Major fire at the bicycle factory in Kvål.

Creates a separate system department with data facilities.

Sandnes Jernvarefabrikk merged into the company.

Ø - Engineering with department for cable cars.

The growing oil activity in the North Sea creates a growing market for workwear for Øglænd.

Islands go public.

The island chains grew in Rogaland and Trøndelag.

The island chain had the store types;
- Finance center
- Island peonies
- Island carpets (Island environment)

The number of employees in Jonas Øglænd AS is 1977.

Building a grain silo at Vågen with space for 12,000 tons of grain.

Launching the «Husky» jacket, often referred to as the «North Sea jacket», at the oil exhibition in Aberdeen.

The number of employees in Jonas Øglænd AS is 1702.

The stores in the island chain and the franchise chain will have a new name and a new profile - Cubus.

Ø-system delivers cable ducts to Statfjord B.

A new CAD system was introduced for grading and cutting in textile production.

The real estate division will be established with responsibility for 387,000 m2 of land, developed with
129,000 m2 of floor space.

Ø-Engineering changes its name to Øglænd system, and is awarded the contract for cable ducts on Statfjord C.

In Norway, there are 98 Cubus stores and 41 Ø-senter stores.

The Jonas Øglænd company museum opens.

The Kvadrat shopping center opens.

The agricultural department is sold to T. Skretting A/S.

The «Offroad» cycling wave starts.

Ø-system becomes a limited company.

The number of employees in Jonas Øglænd AS is 1702.

27% of the industrial jobs in Sandnes have been lost.

Varner acquires the shares in Øglænd.

The production of motorcycles is discontinued.

Øglænd DBS sold to Swedish Monark.

Øglænd Pioner is sold to local owners.

The population of Sandnes is 45,000.

The Varner-Øglænd Group sells Øglænd System to local owners.

Jonas Øglænd AS is merged into Dressmann.

The employees have holiday homes in six different locations in southern Norway, with a total of 192 beds - one of the building blocks of the Group's social safety net.

For many years, Øglænd Pioner has produced clothes abroad, but developed and sewed the models in Sandnes. The company is now closing down here.

Sandnes Cultural Center and Sandnes Library open.

Bicycle production at Kvål is discontinued. DBS bikes are produced in other countries. Around 200 employees will lose their jobs.

Together with Krossens Havremølle and Sandnesmuseet, the company museum will become part of Jærmuseet.

VIenfabrikken opens.

80 % of garments sold in Norwegian clothing stores in 2012 were produced in Asia.

Kvadrat is the fourth largest shopping center in the country and accounts for a third of all retail trade in Norway.

Hilti Group becomes new owners of Øglænd System AS.

The population of Sandnes is 76,000.

It is 150 years since the company Jonas Øglænd was established.