Category:Modern Swedish pattern
Around 1870, the Boman company of Sweden produced playing cards in what became the Swedish standard pattern. Circa 1875, Lithografiska produced a competing 'classic' Swedish pattern. Both were replaced in 1902-05 by new cards designed by Öberg. In 1933, Akerlund and Rausing at Stockholm released a modernised version of the Öberg pattern, which became the standard pattern produced by all manufacturers of Swedish playing cards and is known by the IPCS as the Modern Swedish pattern.[1]
The pattern is characterised by the court cards sporting different coloured attire in each suit, typically purple for clubs, yellow for spades, red for hearts and blue for diamonds. The Jacks hold various weapons: the Jack of Clubs holds a lance, the Jack of Spades brandishes a sword and the Jacks of Hearts and Diamonds have halberds. Meanwhile the Queens hold an open fan (clubs), closed fan (spades) or hold a hand to their neck (hearts and diamonds). All the Kings hold sceptres.[1]
References[edit]
- ↑ a b Modern Swedish pattern at i-p-c-s.org. Retrieved 9 Aug 2020.
Media in category "Modern Swedish pattern"
The following 8 files are in this category, out of 8 total.
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Bräus-top trumps-IMG 7476.jpg 4,010 × 3,047; 2.88 MB
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Femkort - Final trick - IMG 7656.jpg 4,890 × 3,148; 2.52 MB
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Icelandic Brus - King of Hearts - Brus - IMG 7569.jpg 1,778 × 2,744; 3.43 MB
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Icelandic Brus - Top Trumps - IMG 7568.jpg 3,712 × 2,749; 6.44 MB
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Swedish pattern - the four Knights - IMG 7655.jpg 4,746 × 3,009; 1.97 MB
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Swedish pattern cards-Suit of Hearts down to Six-IMG 7484.jpg 4,419 × 2,898; 2.16 MB
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Swedish pattern cards-Suit of Spades down to Six-IMG 7483.jpg 4,597 × 3,139; 2.65 MB
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Swedish pattern cards-Top Spades-IMG 7482.jpg 4,380 × 2,855; 2.28 MB
