Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweden. Show all posts
H-day
On this day 50 years ago Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to the right. The 3rd of September 1967 was named Dagen H (the H-day, with H standing for Höger (Right).
Apparently the transition went well, in parts due to a massive information campaign. You can probably spot the H-logo in the magazine cover above. Below you'll find other H-day related items.
Bo von Zweigbergk
Selfportrait, Bo von Zweigbergk, 1922.
Malmö hamn (Malmö Harbour), Bo von Zweigbergk, 1922.
via Adventures of the Blackgang
Vy mot Skeppsholmen, Bo von Zweigbergk, 1921.
via Adventures of the Blackgang
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@thebroccolitree
Copyright & Photo: Patrik Svedberg www.thebroccolitree.com
@thebroccolitree on Instagram
via This Isn't Happiness
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Läderlappen & Robin
Related: my other Flickr photos from Seriegården, and also my earlier post about my search for Atom-mannen.
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Cyanotype
Swedish National Heritage Board Flickr Phototream
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The Stockholm Exhibition (1930)
Image sources: Wikipedia: Stockholmsutställningen 1930, Wikipedia: Stockholm Exhibition (1930), Kornknarren, Stockholms historia, + my own photos and scans.
Wikipedia: Stockholm Exhibition (1930)
"The fair was significant in the history of architecture in Stockholm, firmly establishing functionalism as the dominant architectural style in Sweden."
"The two head architects were Gunnar Asplund and Sigurd Lewerentz."
"All of the fair buildings were temporary. But the fair's ideas lived on and influenced the shape of Swedish housing for years to come."
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If you click the images you might find some more information
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In hohen Norden Schweden
This is sort of a repost only I've now removed the original text "In hohen Norden Schweden" from this 1960s tourism poster by Olle Skrede.
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Sweden in the raw
"Taken from one of Russ Meyer's earlier and lesser known films called Europe in the raw. The equivalent of reading Playboy for the articles, this skin flick poses as a travel documentary, while spicing it up with some nudity inbetween. Any nudity in this clip has carefully been removed. What we do get is views of Stockholm and Millesgården featuring statues by Carl Milles."
Uploaded by jmannen77
Ephemera: Made in Sweden
Vintage Ads: Made in Sweden
Wikipedia: "The Swedes long held a virtual worldwide monopoly on safety matches, with the industry mainly situated in Jönköping, in 1903 called Jönköpings & Vulcans Tändsticksfabriks AB."
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Vintage Postcard: Slussen
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Stamps: Tre Skilling Banco Yellow
They say it's up for auction again...
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