The designer was Bertil Almqvist and in Sweden he is also well known for a series of children books, mainly written in the late 40's-50's, about a Stoneage family who travels around the world, for example Egypt, USA and Britain. They even travel to the moon and Mars!
Hej, har jag kommit till ens svensk bloggare?
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Esther
Den är för härlig. :)
ReplyDeleteJag fick plötsligt lust att brodera den på en liten scarfs eller lite diskret på nederkanten av en blus. Delvis för att den är väldigt stilig, delvis för att svenskar är stereotypt lite "kalla" och som utlandssvensk är det en lite lustig påminnelse om det (om dock med ett mycket allvarligare förflutet).
That would make a pretty cool embroidery design!
ReplyDeleteOh, I didn't know that the author of "Barna Hedenhös" had made the swedish tiger. I adored the books as a kid and I like the tiger a lot :)
ReplyDeleteIt's a very cool image! However, I have been given a different interpertation of what one keeps silent about; I thought this was primarily used in areas German soldiers passed through and the tiger was a request to the swedish population to not grumble about the german presence nor complain about their actiosn and so on, so the germans wouldn't be provoked and go from so called "friends" to the outright enemies most Swedes considered them to be.
ReplyDeleteOr maybe that's what you meant as well? I read your understanding of the tiger as a request to the population to not give away any information to the germans (like hidden norwegians, jews, communists etc). I very much prefer that meaning of the tiger to the one I was taught in school =)
esther: Ja, det har du, även om jag skriver på engelska. :)
ReplyDeleteEmma: Ja, den skulle göra sig bra som broderi- det har jag aldrig tänkt på tidigare! Gör de det så måste du visa en bild sedan!
Lisette: Indeed! I never thought about that before, but Emma who commneted above jsut said teh same in Swedish. :)
ReplyDeleteLithia: I must confess to now knowing that until I gooled it. :)
Erika: No, I meant that Swedes should keep quiet with foreigners around. And I do believe that is the original meaning for it. But "Verksamhetskampanjen" which the tiger was part of, was started as a mean to keep Sweden neutral, which of course did mean that one shouldn't talk about things that could threaten that neautrality. And moaning about Germans would probably be considered part of that. But I think that it's easy to forget that at the time Sweden could have been invaded by Sovjet and England too and the vigilance campaign must have been meant to keep mum about all foreigners.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure that most Swedes really saw Germany as the biggest threat, even if many did. Traditionally and culturally the bonds to Germany have been much stronger than to other European countries, even if that changed after the war. While Sovjet, or rather Russia, had been considered the enemy for centuries. I am not completely certain of this though. I probably should read up some more. :)
What an interesting factoid, I love learning about things like this (WW2 history has always been something that I've been tremendously interested), and appreciate that you shared about the history behind this cute tiger with us.
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
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