12-03-2012, 00:12 AM
Hello Andreas!
Here are some more details about Swedish brands in Estonian market. I have made some research on makes of bicycles sold in Estonia before WWII. It is based mostly on commercial advertisements published in newspapers, magazines etc. So no official records or archive data. The time-frame is not a definitive period of importing or selling of a particular brand, but only reflects the years from where I have found advertisements.
The makes that were advertised as Swedish:
APOLLO: advertised in 1937-1939
ATLANTIC (?): 1939
CAMPING (?): 1937-1938
CRESCENT: 1926, 1938-1939
HERMES: 1928-1933, 1938-1940
HUSQVARNA: 1922-1940
MONARK (incl. Monark, Monark-Cyklon, Monark-Scout & Scout, Monark-Sport): 1938-1939
NORDSTJERNAN: 1931, 1937-1939
PILEN-GÖTEBORG (?): 1937
POLSTJERNAN: 1931
SKANDIA: 1930, 1938-1939
SVECIA: 1939
ZENITH: 1939
VEGA: 1938-1940
VESTA: 1931
WIKING: 1938-1939
WIKLUNDS: 1932-1938
Husqvarna’s dealer or sales representative was in 1920ies „Otto Eggers“ and in 1930ies „AS Tormolen & Ko“.
The dealer of Hermes was „OÜ Systema“ in 1929-1933 and „KM Anton Villberg“ in 1938-1939.
„KM Anton Villberg“ also sold Camping (1937-1938), Nordstjernan (1931, 1937), Pilen-Göteborg (1937), Wiklunds (1932-1936), Polstjernan (1931) and Vesta (1931).
In 1939 Wiking, Skandia and Nordstjernan were sold by „KM Lier & Rossbaum“.
The dealer of Crescent in 1926 was „OÜ Phönix“, in 1938 „KK Kütt & Ko“.
Vega was sold by „KK Arnold Ungerson“, Apollo by „OÜ Systema“.
I have not met a Drott-brand, but August Küttim advertised selling bikes called „Idrott“ and „Jarott“ in different ad’s in 1931-1932 (in 1931 he also sold makes A. Küttim, Splendid, L.B.C., Dollar USA, Royal and Paladin). Küttim had a bicycle shop and a small workshop where he assembled bikes from „Swedish and British steel tubes“. So it could have been his own brand or it was a typo and he really sold a Drott after all.
Here are some more details about Swedish brands in Estonian market. I have made some research on makes of bicycles sold in Estonia before WWII. It is based mostly on commercial advertisements published in newspapers, magazines etc. So no official records or archive data. The time-frame is not a definitive period of importing or selling of a particular brand, but only reflects the years from where I have found advertisements.
The makes that were advertised as Swedish:
APOLLO: advertised in 1937-1939
ATLANTIC (?): 1939
CAMPING (?): 1937-1938
CRESCENT: 1926, 1938-1939
HERMES: 1928-1933, 1938-1940
HUSQVARNA: 1922-1940
MONARK (incl. Monark, Monark-Cyklon, Monark-Scout & Scout, Monark-Sport): 1938-1939
NORDSTJERNAN: 1931, 1937-1939
PILEN-GÖTEBORG (?): 1937
POLSTJERNAN: 1931
SKANDIA: 1930, 1938-1939
SVECIA: 1939
ZENITH: 1939
VEGA: 1938-1940
VESTA: 1931
WIKING: 1938-1939
WIKLUNDS: 1932-1938
Husqvarna’s dealer or sales representative was in 1920ies „Otto Eggers“ and in 1930ies „AS Tormolen & Ko“.
The dealer of Hermes was „OÜ Systema“ in 1929-1933 and „KM Anton Villberg“ in 1938-1939.
„KM Anton Villberg“ also sold Camping (1937-1938), Nordstjernan (1931, 1937), Pilen-Göteborg (1937), Wiklunds (1932-1936), Polstjernan (1931) and Vesta (1931).
In 1939 Wiking, Skandia and Nordstjernan were sold by „KM Lier & Rossbaum“.
The dealer of Crescent in 1926 was „OÜ Phönix“, in 1938 „KK Kütt & Ko“.
Vega was sold by „KK Arnold Ungerson“, Apollo by „OÜ Systema“.
I have not met a Drott-brand, but August Küttim advertised selling bikes called „Idrott“ and „Jarott“ in different ad’s in 1931-1932 (in 1931 he also sold makes A. Küttim, Splendid, L.B.C., Dollar USA, Royal and Paladin). Küttim had a bicycle shop and a small workshop where he assembled bikes from „Swedish and British steel tubes“. So it could have been his own brand or it was a typo and he really sold a Drott after all.