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Bränsklekärra 91 – The monowheel fuel tank

Alastair — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 16:47:28 +0000

The Swedish army has always wanted to arm itself independently with Swedish designed vehicles (The Strv S being an obvious example), but at the same time it has been pragmatic enough to recognise when local design and development is lagging behind, and has gone shopping for foreign vehicles to plug the gap. This is how, […]

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World of Volvo opens this week

Alastair — Mon, 08 Apr 2024 12:10:16 +0000

World of Volvo, the Swedish vehicle manufacturer’s new cultural experience centre, opens in Gothenburg on Sunday (14th April). The centrepiece of World of Volvo is 4,500 square metres of exhibition space, carefully designed to showcase Volvo’s innovations and commitment to “omtanke” – consideration – emphasising safety and the well-being of people. It features some of […]

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Listening out for aircraft

Alastair — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:09:27 +0000

This audio detection set, now in the Swedish Army Museum in Stockholm, is billed as a Listening Device M/1928 manufactured by a British company, Barr & Stroud Ltd. Sweden bought a number of these ‘ear trumpet’ devices in the 1920s to detect and pinpoint aircraft. Barr & Stroud were a specialist optical engineering company in […]

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Review: The Vasa Museum, Stockholm

Alastair — Wed, 26 Oct 2016 12:33:59 +0000

Nobody visits Stockholm, for business or pleasure, without visiting the Vasa Museum, and that’s as it should be – the Vasa is, without doubt, one of the great treasures of the world. The story The Vasa was King Gustavos Adolphus’ brand new flagship for the Swedish Navy (which at that time was a big deal) […]

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Approved Military Footwear

Alastair — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:11:32 +0000

These are pattern/template boots for the Swedish army. The one on the left was an approved design for a cavalry boot in the 1690s, when Sweden was still an autocracy, so the final approval comes from the king who puts his seal on it. The letters CRS stand for Carolus Rex Sueciae (Charles, King of […]

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Review: Arsenalen – the Swedish National Tank Museum

Alastair — Fri, 05 Aug 2016 06:59:25 +0000

With innovative companies like Saab, Bofors, Volvo and Scania, the Swedes have come at engineering & design from a different angle to everybody else.

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Review: Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm

Alastair — Sat, 23 Jul 2016 08:43:52 +0000

Armémuseum , the Swedish Army Museum, is a traditional capital city style museum in an impressive historic building in the centre of Stockholm, but although there’s lots of interesting exhibits & displays, I found it a little disappointing. It’s a shame, because they really have gone to some effort to give the museum broad appeal. I […]

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