Swedish Gun-books!?

[arilar]

Yes, few but for some maybe interesting.Here are three books in ENGLISH language.

First "Wrangels Armoury" by Åke Meyerson and Lena Rangström (1984). 361 pages. The weapons that Carl Gustaf Wrangel took from Wismar and Wolgast to Skokloster Castle (in Sweden), 1645 and 1653.Includes high quality snaphaunces, wheellocks and early flintlocks. Few Swedish, mostly from european continent.

Second is "Firearms of the Royal Armouries I" by Nils Drejholt (1996). Different guns collected by Swedish Kings 1594-1810. 372 pages.

Third is "European Firearms in Swedish Castles" by KÃ¥a Wennberg (1986). Flintlock and wheellock weapons. 157 pages.

Regards,
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[arilar]

And for those that for odd reasons wanna see Swedish guns (a lot of pictures) but has to struggle with Swedish language I have two books to suggest.

First "Svenska Gevärsmeder" (Swedish riflemakers) by Kåa Wennberg (1982). 224 pages. Almost only flintlock in high quality but also nice pictures on Swedish high class snaplocks.(1640-1730).

and second "Allmogebössor" (peasant guns) by Martin Johannesson (1983,1994). 93 pages. Dealing with local gunsmiths production in northern Sweden.

Regards,
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[Stophel]

I MUST have the last two books. I have seen "Svenska GevaersSmeder" referenced before. (I can't type umlauts, so I type the German equivalent. I don't know if they do this in Swedish. Using German to translate Swedish into English [a dangerous thing!], the title would be "Swedish GunSmiths") "European Firearms in Swedish Castles" is a good book, but I think there is only ONE Swedish gun (a military pistol) pictured in it! This book is readily available in America.

 

[arilar]

I MUST have the last two books. the title would be "Swedish GunSmiths") "European Firearms in Swedish Castles" is a good book, but I think there is only ONE Swedish gun (a military pistol) pictured in it! This book is readily available in America.

Your are totaly right!! "Swedish Gunsmiths" should be correct. See, you translate Swedish to English better than me :haha: .
And "European Firearms in Swedish Castles" shows continental weapons and only the rare Swedish wheellock-pistol m.1690 as Swedish as you mention.

"Svenska Gevärssmeder" is hard to find. At Swedish antiquariats only two copies that costs 600 and 1000 Swedish Crowns :shocked2: .

No copy of "Allmogebössor" for the moment :shake:
Regards,
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[WRussell]

Excellent stuff; thanks Arilar

 

[Stophel]

No luck finding the others, but I found one copy of the "Royal Armouries" book on amazon.uk. Unfortunately, the vendor doesn't ship to the US (though if it were directly from Amazon.uk, it would). I've gotten books from[url] Amazon.de[/url] before. They simply mail them to you. No problems. I don't suppose there's a Swedish Amazon? I couldn't find one. French, German, and English, that's all I could come up with.

Alibris didn't have any either, but I didn't expect them to. I'll keep trying.


Oh, I did find this book "Eldhandvapen Ur Kulturens Samlingar: Prov Pa Europeiskt Vapenhandverk Fran 1500-Talets Slut till 1800-Talets Mitt.", which I take to mean something like "Old (hand)firearms from the cultural collection: something, something, European arms handwork from 1500, something till the middle of the 1800's"...or something like that! Somebody has this one for $50. Is this a good book at all? Have you seen it? Worth getting, or just pass on it?

Huh, it "censored" this word: "S l u t", which obviously doesn't mean anything nasty in Swedish!

 

[spitfire]

Hmmm excellent material Arilar & thanks for posting :applause:!

 

[arilar]

Oh, I did find this book "Eldhandvapen Ur Kulturens Samlingar: Prov Pa Europeiskt Vapenhandverk Fran 1500-Talets Slut till 1800-Talets Mitt.", which I take to mean something like "Old (hand)firearms from the cultural collection: something, something, European arms handwork from 1500, something till the middle of the 1800's"...or something like that! Somebody has this one for $50. Is this a good book at all? Have you seen it? Worth getting, or just pass on it?

Huh, it "censored" this word: "S l u t", which obviously doesn't mean anything nasty in Swedish!

Let me try: "Firearms from the Kulturen collection, an example of European arms handwork from 1500s end till the middle of 1800s".
Kulturen is the name of a museum in Lund (in the south of Sweden, before 1676 Danish). The museum started 1882 and has a nice regional collection of guns that vary a lot in quality and age.From local production, military to attractive continental high class things.Includes 47 objects. The Swedish text maybe the most interesting part, though nice photos as usual.One of Mr. KÃ¥a Wennbergs less interesting books and easy to find in Sweden as new for 10-12 bucks. I have it but think you can pass and look for the other more useful ones. :v .
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[Stophel]

Thanks, you've been very helpful!!! :bow:

 

[WRussell]

Have you checked Abebooks? I usually hit them first, then Amazon.

 

[Stophel]

I had forgotten all about Abebooks....


Hey, Arilar, I found a book by Wennberg titled "Svenska Bosse- och Pistole-Smeder". I think it said it was 292 pages or something like that. Have you seen it? Is this a different version of the Svenska Gevars-Smeder book? They have it for I think $90. A dealer in Sweden has it. Again, thanks for all your help.

 

[Wes/Tex]

Try www.usedbooksearch.co.uk/
It's a book search site for stores in the U.S. as well as most of western Europe. Covers a whole lot of territory.

 

[arilar]

I had forgotten all about Abebooks....


Hey, Arilar, I found a book by Wennberg titled "Svenska Bosse- och Pistole-Smeder". I think it said it was 292 pages or something like that. Have you seen it? Is this a different version of the Svenska Gevars-Smeder book? They have it for I think $90. A dealer in Sweden has it. Again, thanks for all your help.

BEWARE, BEWARE, BEWARE!!!!!!!
I have it. Very interesting but includes none, zero, no pictures :winking:
Deals with all the Swedish rifle and pistol-smiths during 1600s and 1700s. Names, life history and in known cases gun-marks. But I repete, no single picture of a gun. So...a totaly other book than "Svenska gevärssmeder". I say...pass :v
ARILAR :grin: :thumbsup:

 

[WRussell]

Cool site - thanks!

Wes/Tex said

Try www.usedbooksearch.co.uk/

 

[WRussell]

If you haven't seen Ken Trotman Books, it's worth a look. Brit, but it's all military history & weaponry. Their books don't show up on the used book searchers.