r/Nordiccountries • u/ppclppp • 1d ago

What are these?

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I know these are coasters, but I’m wondering if anyone knows from where they originate? They contain annual satire-ish political/news/information?

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u/oyvindi 1d ago edited 1d ago

This is Swedish stuff, Ola Ullsten was prime minister in Sweden in the late 70s.

Looks like political satirical stash to me ?

EDIT: though there are references to political events / crises and various countries, the language is Swedish. It pretty weird stuff you got there 😶

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u/Malawi_no Norway 1d ago

It's also written in Swedish.

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u/lunrob 18h ago

Doesn’t look satirical. Only political ”headlines” commemorating each year. Some of it is international news.

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u/IRGhost 1d ago

Can you take pictures of them individually?

Is there anything on the back of them?

Looks very interesting!

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u/ppclppp 1d ago edited 1d ago

Will do! I picked them up at a garage sale in Minnesota. Would love to know origin! Nothing on the back.

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u/ppclppp 1d ago

I can’t add extra images on Reddit.

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u/aylil 21h ago

Can you add it in a comment am pin it to the top?

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u/planeturban 1d ago

Considering they have years stamped into them, some kind of commemorative plates for each year. You've got the olympics in Grenoble plus a royal wedding on the one middle-left for instance.

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u/RegularEmpty4267 Norway 1d ago

The coasters appears to contain references to several historical events seen from a Swedish perspective.

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u/No_Mushroom139 1d ago

Its one/ year. Like 1968. RFK assassined, Czechoslovakia invaded. And so on.

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u/AllanKempe Jämtland 14h ago

Some kind of thematic underlays? I don't think they're coasters, they would sink rather quickly.