Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1947-08-01

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ial interest. The Swedish State
Railways had another interesting
communications exhibit, whic h
illustrated the extensive electrifi-
cation of the Swedish railways and
how, thanks to this identification,
their traffic capacity has been
greatly increased.
A big model of the Swedish
American Lines new passenger
liner Stockholm, of about 1000
tons, which is at present being
completed at the Gotaverken ship
yard in Gothenburg, was also one
of the more notable exhibits in the
field of transportation. The Swed-
ish Tourist Traffic Association had
arranged an exhibition of excellent
photographs, taken by the Swedish
photographer K. W. Gullers, which
will also be used in the Associa-
TONS tourist propaganda abroad.
Arsenic impregnated wood with
stands attacks by fungi and in
sects.
Sweden being one of the worlds
leading producers of wallboard and
similar products, there could also
be studied at the fair a wide range
of old and new types of these ma
terials, as well as windows, doors
and other building fixtures of new
design. The Boliden exhibit, as
usual, attracted great interest. The
company has in the last ten years
or so developed a method of i'm
ORIGINATING wood with arsenic COM
pounds obtained from the compa-
nys mines in the north of Sweden.
This method has reached a very
high state of perfection, n d
lengthy tests, which were demons
trated at the fair by means of
wood used for the purpose of these
tests, have shown that wood i'm
pregnated by this method has re-
manned practically unaffected by
attacks of fungi and insects in
cases where unimpregnated or
only surface-treated wood has been
completely destroyed. There are at
present a large n UNI b r of i'm
ORIGINATING plants all over Scandi-
navia, and the method has also
been introduced into some other
countries.
Sweden does no, belong to the
big agricultural producers, but she
has nevertheless developed an ar
ticle that will probably find good
general market, a powdered milk
called SMP-milk. 1t was invented
by woman researchist before the
war, and has subsequently been
further improved and is considered
to be superior to o It h e similar
products. It has for several years
been used on a considerable scale
in Sweden, where it has become
very popular thanks to its good
quality and durability.
Numerous beautifully stream
lined sailing and motor boats with
the latest models of cupboard en-
gines produced by various Swedish
motor works, attracted, as always,
keen interest among the boat
minded Swedes, as did also t h e
various models of prefabricated
bungalows, which the buyer can
easily put up himself.
The exhibits of toys showed that
Sweden has also entered the pro-
duction of mechanical toys of
various kinds, even though her
well-known wooden toys still DOM
mated
Big patent section.
A special patent section, with
models al d drawings of several
hundred patents, belonged to the
HE f attractions, containing, as
usual, many and amusing products
and ideas of the m ost varying
kinds. This section has proved tc
be an important medium for bring
ing inventors into contact wit h
people who can exploit their ideas
The exhibition was opened by
the first Swedish woman cabinet
member, professor Karin Kock
who, among other things, said that
there was a time when it was
thought that industry tended to-