Saturday, September 13, 2025

Carl Helge Julius Palmcrantz

Carl Helge Julius Palmcrantz
The inventor of the Swedish machine gun. He also came up with the idea of an energy saving bicycle back in the day. No money from the bike, sadly, but the machine gun made him a wealthy man. He died young at the age of 38. From a recent walk at the Norra Begravningsplatsen cemetery in Solna.

5 comments:

Jack said...

Your photo is captivating. Cemeteries often offer interesting subjects for images.

Sharon said...

Yikes, 38 is way too young.

Ananka said...

Interesting. I love the tree branch in the photo :-D

roentare said...

I am surprised that his statue is not being damaged for his machine gun invention

Stefan Jansson said...

It is a headstone at a cemetery so I am happy it is not damaged, but I understand what you mean.