Swedish kitchen adverts part 2

[chestermikeuk]

Asko Asea Top Loading Washer

We have the later Asko 1200 series h-axis top loading washing machine , great machine , handles all the guest towels great , 1300 rpm spin does the job and Asko quiet as well .

 

[davey7]

Norway gets a lot, or used to, of weird appliance brands. We had an ITT fridge. Don't remember the other brands - fridge and stove.

 

[foraloysius]

IIRC a great great aunt here in the NL had a bar fridge from ITT.

 

[foraloysius]

1975

Husqvarna whitegoods. Awkward that in a commercial the colour of the fridge and the freezer don’t match exactly.

 

[foraloysius]

1975

A commercial for Husqvarna laundry appliances (relabeled AEG except for the drying cabinet I think). Funny that they named the compact toploader Ballerina, because it performs a little dance when it spins.

 

[davey7]

Finally found it

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I finally found the Swedish telephonic laundry room reservation system - and punch cards!

 

[appnut]

Ted had a Husqvarna riding lawn mower that he loved until a tree blew over in a storm about 3 years ago and destroyed his garage. The John Deere that was located in another part of the garage was spared. Service for Husqvarna isn't nearly as convenient here as it is/was in Alabama so the John Deere will suit our needs when he moves here.

 

[launderess]

John Deere just became a nasty word for some today.

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www.theguardian.com

 

[appnut]

GRRRRR

 

[tomturbomatic]

Thank you, Launderess.

 

[jamiel]

Loved that use of the telephone system (Ericsson, natch) to simplify washday. Visited Stockholm about 25 years ago and had a neat visit to their telecom museum. The structure of the telecom industry in most of the rest of the world is different than in North America, but (particularly in Scandinavia) wasn't deficient or bad, just different. Telecoms were often nationalized (the Post-Telegraph-Telephone or PTT was the structure) and in wealthy countries teledensity wasn't that different than in North America.

 

[davey7]

If I remember correctly, the telephone system was not part of the postal system in Sweden. They also were an early adopter of the telephone (by world standards) and had a similar penetration/density of subscribers to the US by the 1920's iirc - I've seen the figures, but it was a long time ago and can't remember where. I know that Sweden is generally the test market in Europe for electronics (such as stereo systems, phones, etc).