A trip to Karlstad has provided more ammunition for my article "Banal Nordism: Recomposing An Old Song of Peace" (the title of the paper I gave at a recent conference in Tromsø).
The city museum's major summer exhibition is entitled, "Made in Värmland". It features an eclectic range of objects conceived or constructed in the region. Taking pride of place on the cover of the brochure is a close-up of a sleek, hard and very erect bullet. This was manufactured by Norma AS based in Åmotfors. (Surely only a Nordic armaments firm could take its name from a Bellini opera?)
This year Norma aims to produce 30 million bullets in 110 different calibre. And all this from a country that has only known peace for nearly 200 years...
The city museum's major summer exhibition is entitled, "Made in Värmland". It features an eclectic range of objects conceived or constructed in the region. Taking pride of place on the cover of the brochure is a close-up of a sleek, hard and very erect bullet. This was manufactured by Norma AS based in Åmotfors. (Surely only a Nordic armaments firm could take its name from a Bellini opera?)
This year Norma aims to produce 30 million bullets in 110 different calibre. And all this from a country that has only known peace for nearly 200 years...
No.16 AMMUNITION - Norma Precisions AB, Åmotfors
For musical accompaniment to this box of bullets, I recommend "Sundance kid" by the Swedish group, Kent.
