BRIO started began in1884 as a small manufacturer of wooden baskets in a remote Swedish village, today BRIO is an international toy company whose wooden trains have set the standard for generations. BRIO is even the toy purveyor to the Royal Court of Sweden since the 1940s. This tradition is still very much alive – in 2012, Crown Princess Victoria chose a specially designed blue BRIO pram for her baby daughter Princess Estelle.