can you help recognize Swedish in the picture (a 1906 postcard) Tags:sweden 6 comments “` Löjtnanten H:r C-O Engelberg Hamningenjörskontoret Halmstad Sverige “` “` Lieutenant Mr C-O Engelberg Docks engineering office (very good translation, Monntas) Halmstad (place) Sweden “` Och nu nästa utmaning: är det kinesiska tecken där i rött? I så fall vad betyder detta? Hr stands for herr (Mr.). C-O stands for Carl Oscar. CARL OSCAR Kugelberg 1883-1964 Born in Malexander Can’t find his military service records atm Most likely this guy: [https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517](https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517) This source says he was a second lieutenant (“underlöjtnant”) in 1904: [http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html](http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html) https://archive.org/details/teknisktidskrift5311unse/page/n21/mode/1up?q=Kugelberg+ Teknisk Tidskrift= Technical Journal 6 January 1923 Page 8 K. M;t har utnämnt……. löjtnanterna i kåren……. C. O. Kugelberg The Royal Majesty (Kungliga Majestät) have appointed….. Lieutenants in the corps…… C. O. Kugelberg Väg och vattenbyggnadskåren = Civil engineering corps So what is this letter about. A mail from China to Sweden in 1906 sound very unusual to me. Leave a ReplyYou must be logged in to post a comment.
“` Löjtnanten H:r C-O Engelberg Hamningenjörskontoret Halmstad Sverige “` “` Lieutenant Mr C-O Engelberg Docks engineering office (very good translation, Monntas) Halmstad (place) Sweden “`
Hr stands for herr (Mr.). C-O stands for Carl Oscar. CARL OSCAR Kugelberg 1883-1964 Born in Malexander Can’t find his military service records atm
Most likely this guy: [https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517](https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517) This source says he was a second lieutenant (“underlöjtnant”) in 1904: [http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html](http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html)
https://archive.org/details/teknisktidskrift5311unse/page/n21/mode/1up?q=Kugelberg+ Teknisk Tidskrift= Technical Journal 6 January 1923 Page 8 K. M;t har utnämnt……. löjtnanterna i kåren……. C. O. Kugelberg The Royal Majesty (Kungliga Majestät) have appointed….. Lieutenants in the corps…… C. O. Kugelberg Väg och vattenbyggnadskåren = Civil engineering corps
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Löjtnanten
H:r C-O Engelberg
Hamningenjörskontoret
Halmstad
Sverige
“`
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Lieutenant
Mr C-O Engelberg
Docks engineering office (very good translation, Monntas)
Halmstad (place)
Sweden
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Och nu nästa utmaning: är det kinesiska tecken där i rött? I så fall vad betyder detta?
Hr stands for herr (Mr.). C-O stands for Carl Oscar.
CARL OSCAR Kugelberg 1883-1964
Born in Malexander
Can’t find his military service records atm
Most likely this guy: [https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517](https://www.geni.com/people/Carl-Oskar-Kugelberg/6000000081963706517)
This source says he was a second lieutenant (“underlöjtnant”) in 1904: [http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html](http://runeberg.org/statskal/1905/0204.html)
https://archive.org/details/teknisktidskrift5311unse/page/n21/mode/1up?q=Kugelberg+
Teknisk Tidskrift= Technical Journal 6 January 1923
Page 8
K. M;t har utnämnt……. löjtnanterna i kåren……. C. O. Kugelberg
The Royal Majesty (Kungliga Majestät) have appointed….. Lieutenants in the corps…… C. O. Kugelberg
Väg och vattenbyggnadskåren = Civil engineering corps
So what is this letter about.
A mail from China to Sweden in 1906 sound very unusual to me.