Let’s talk about the Norwegian matchbox or about its production …
It started in Christiania (Oslo) 1838. In 1875, we had 18 factories in the country. The design of the “modern” matchbox was executed by the advertising artist Sverre Eikrem (1914 – 1996) after a competition in 1941. He was fascinated by the pine tree which became the symbol (logo) of the matchbox. The winning design was named “Solstråle” which translates as the ray of the sun.
There has been many discussions about where and which pine tree was used in the design.
