Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Stamp of the Day: Eskilstuna

Can you believe it?  My hometown in Sweden has a Swedish stamp! This is Eskilstuna, a town about an hour west of Stockholm.  Listed at the bottom of the stamp is the friendship cities of Eskilstuna in Norway, Finland, Iceland, and Denmark.  The images are typical for the town, the double-towered cathedral (not as old as it looks like), a sculpture in Torshalla by local artist Ebeling (I think), and the old 16th century blacksmith houses in the old historic town area for traditional trades (Rademachersmedjorna).  When I grew up it was mostly famous for being the home of Volvo BM's factory of giant dump trucks, a hospital, the home of one of the ABBA girls, and... I can't remember.  I am sure it has changed now.

Posted by LS at 11:13 PM

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3 comments:

PP said...

Internationally I would think it is most famous for being the home of Carl Edvard Johansson and his company CEJ. No?

October 6, 2011 at 6:05 AM
LS said...

Oh yes.... I forgot about that! At least in the manufacturing world Eskilstuna is famous. CE Johansson is called Mått-Johansson in town, and he has a street named after him. Mått means measurement, of course.

October 6, 2011 at 6:41 AM
Digitalen said...

Try this in Swedish, or use a translator

Skulpturen Jona och valfisken stod i åtskilliga år utanför Statt i Eskilstuna. Den behövde renoveras och har sedan dess haft vissa problem att ta sig tillbaka till sin plats i Eskilstuna centrum.
Men nu kommer den. Carl Milles skulptur kommer dock inte att stå på sin tidigare plats när den ska återinvigas. Den placeras i stället på planen framför Klosters kyrka. Det var ett bibliskt motiv konstnären Milles valde, så kanske hittar Jona hem till sist. Skulpturen plockades ned i samband med att man byggde om Hamngatan. Jona och valfisken skapades 1932. Den finns i Eskilstuna och i Cranbrook Academy of Art i USA. Skulpturen var illa åtgången av tid, trafik och även av skadegörelse när man bestämde att den skulle renoveras. Jona har sedan dess fått ligga i malpåse

http://folket.se/nyheter/eskilstuna/1.107962
Mihkel In The Swedich Sheffield

December 10, 2011 at 4:42 AM

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