Hi here are some photos of a Svea No.105 which I recently acquired with assistance from a good stove friend in the South of England: The windshield shown in some of the photos is not original. It is a stainless steel item which I added to allow successful outdoor use of the stove today in 20mph winds. I love Svea stoves, particuarly those from this earlier Sievert-owned period, when the design and quality was so high. The tank markings are superb and nearly every stove part is individually stamped with a part number and manufacturer's name. The stove legs were not marked on this occasion, but I have seen even these individually stamped "Made in Sweden" in the past. I fitted new burner washers, and a lead seal between the tank and burner riser. The NRV has the all-in-one rubber carrier and seal design. The rubber was still supple so I re-used it. I have attributed a manufacturing perod of mid 1950s-early 1960s for this stove for the following reasons: 1. The filler cap is fitted in a recess on the top of the tank. This feature, which was originally a Primus patent ran out of Patent protection, and was adopted on Optimus stoves from 1957/8 and probably on Svea stoves at about the same time. 2. I have another Svea 105 stove, with almost identical construction and tank markings, which the seller told me he had purchased either new or second hand in 1957. 3. The present Svea 105 stove was fitted with a all-in-one rubber NRV. These NRV seals seem to have been adopted by the Swedish stove manufacturers around 1960. I have reached my photo limit but will soon add a few more. Best Regards, Kerophile.
Hi, here are a few more photos of my Svea 105 stove: This stove performed very well and easily passed the Kerophile "Tea Test". Best Regards, Kerophile.
Very nice stove, Kerophile and so well photographed. I think that the Svea 105 and 106 tanks are two of the prettiest tanks there is. The deep markings on that lovely discus shape are so attractive. Add to that the excellent build-quality of all the items make it a collapsible 2-pint stove that is hard to beat.
Hi, yesterday afternoon I fitted a "new" windshield I had just made from a stainless steel sugar bowl, and ran this stove to make mud coffee. The windshield is a slightly deeper version of this improvisation: https://classiccampstoves.com/threads/improvised-op-111-7-windshield.26614/ The new windshield worked well and shielded this classic silent burner from a 15mph side wind. Here are a few photos: Best Regards, Kerophile
Tentative Svea time-line. 1964. AB Max Sievert acquired by Svenska Esso and became AB Sievert Apparater. 1966. AB Sievert Apparater took over the Primus part of Bahco group to form a new amalgamated Co. called Primus-Sievert AB 1969/70. Sundyberg factory was closed in 1969/70 and the Svea brand was acquired by Optimus (as they had done with Primus brand in 1962) 1976. Optimus stopped making Svea (and Primus) branded stoves. The only exception was the No.123 stove. 1985. Upplands Vasby factory closed.
@CaesarV , all, To clarify your observation is re the shape/bends of the legs (pot supports). One might not question dating "... so maybe it is later than 1960." vs the legs might not be original. My thanks for kerophile's Svea time-line details above. That and his many posted examples have advanced our Svea dating estimates considerably . FWIW I've reviewed Svea 105 / 106 dating (a first go at it), from what i could find, for this example I tentatively book end it's year range into: " **1958 - 69, ... **is 1958 or later " source @kerophile
Love that 105. The Svea 105/106 have the best graphics of all the 1 3/4 pint stoves, and perhaps of all the brassies.