FEATURE
HUSQVARNA MUSEUM
P96
In 1669 the Swedish army con-
verted an old church into a mill to
manufacture riffles and muskets.
The location next to waterfalls was
key as the immense power of the
water coming down was used to
drive the mills. With plenty of guns
and gun parts to produce, a town
developed around the mill. The
town was named Husqvarna, which
translates into house by the mill.
Husqvarna has been manufac-
turing products of all sorts for over
300 years and the museum is home
to an immense variety of their prod-
ucts, many that were manufactured
right there at the museum location
next to the waterfalls.
After the Danish-Prussian War of
1864 and the Franco-Prussian war
of 1870-'71, military orders tapered
off, so to survive Husqvarna began
making hunting rifles in 1877. Be-
cause of their advanced tooling and
(Above) Here it is, the
Husqvarna museum,
located in the town of
Husqvarna.
(Right) A 1979
Husqvarna 250cc
motocross weapon,
which was ridden
by 250cc MX World
Champion Hakan
Carlqvist.
