Background
He was born in Høyland, as the youngest of ten siblings at a small peasant farm.
He was born in Høyland, as the youngest of ten siblings at a small peasant farm.
He started a small business on his own in Sandnes in 1868. They eventually started producing their own bicycles, and the factory developed into the largest bicycle factory in Norway. Øglænd also started a cloth factory in 1926.
After Øgland"s death the family-owned factories went through further expansion.
The bicycle brand Doctorate.B.S. was introduced in 1932, and the factory also produced the moped brand Tempo.