Despite the fact that Sweden is a very small country and don’t have so many inhabitants, we’ve had a lot of creative inventors. Maybe it’s the dark, cold winter that keeps us indoors thinking a lot….
Examples of Swedish creativity:
- The ship propeller (John Ericsson)
Probably to take us away from this horrible winter
- The refrigerator (Carl Munter & Baltzar von Platen)
To keep the hungry monsters like me calm
- The medicine Losec/Prilosec (AstraZeneca)
To keep hungry monsters stomach calm
- The Zip fastener (Gideon Sundbäck)
Hm…Need I say anything…?
- Scale for measuring temperature (Anders Celsius)
To measure the hungry monsters degrees before explosion
- Grouping plants with latin names (Carl Von Linné)
We do like when things is in order
- Self-aligning ball bearing (Sven Winquist)
Oooops, didn’t know they had to be aligned 
- The Tetra Pak milk carton (Ruben Rausing)
We had a lot of cows here, what can I say?
- The graphic color display and the AIS (HÃ¥kan Lans)
We want to be able to see other warm places and know how to get there!
- The De Laval nozzle for steam turbines (Gustaf de Laval) Wow, didn’t know we needed more steam power
- The artificial kidney (Holger Crafoord)
Could come in handy after all the Absolut Vodka/Whisky drinking
- The three-point safety belt (Nils Ivar Bohlin)
We’re best on Rally too, yes…?
- The first implantable pacemaker (Rune Elmqvist)
We do have a lot of hearts here
- The 6 x 6 cm single-lens reflex camera (Victor Hasselblad) We like to watch ourselves on picture
- The dynamite & Gelignite (Alfred Bernhard Nobel)
We wanted to blow the whole Sweden in the air????
*Boooooom*
Sources:
“Things Swedish” by Mari Hemming
Wikipedia about Swedish Inventors
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What’s the “3-point safety belt”?
You might have a point about the winters being related to it. After all, people must find something to do when they can’t go out and are indoors all day right? So, what have you invented? ;D
The 3-points safety belt is the kind of safety belt used in most cars today, with one strap part going horizontal over your atomach and the other strap part diagonal from hip to shoulder, to provent the passenger to bang their heads in the window or fly trrough the window.
Hrm, you got me there on the question about what I invented… The only thing thats coming into my mind is the drooling kit..
I guess that I’m too busy blogging to invent something…?
It seems the “hungry monsters” have their way with you. They appear at the slightest mention of anything connnected with food. But the food there seems to be marvelous bait.
Yes, I know Dave, we’re out of control here! Be lucky that you’re so far away from us….
*laughing a horrible monster laugh*
Us Brits invented a lot too!
THE BIG MAC (Homer Simpson)
Doh!
My nine year old son said we invented the big mac so it must be true, he also said we invented Russian dolls, Chinese fortune cookies, French bread, Irish Whisky, Spanish omelettes ……
Oh, how wonderful dreams…. *smiling big*
Sorry. None of those trump the Semla.
Sisiggy:
Somehow I can understand why you think that and I’m almost bound to agree with you. But just almost
Oh… so that’s the modern safety belt that’s used in cars these days. I didn’t know that was the name for it. *embarassed*
Btw I think you invented the uniquely quirky Lifecruiser blog, that’s what!
Thanks Sharlet, of course the lifecruiser blog is an invent. At least I have to invent the unique posts every time anew one is due to be published….
Ahh, no need of embarressment, ever, for anything