>Of course, things in the
>business world isn't that easy, and in 2006, it was made into a
>company of its own, again, now registered in its own name on the
>Stockholm Stock Exchange, and with various international divisions, in
>among other places Nashville in the US and Ulm in Germany.

That version also seems to have bought up the IP for pretty much every other brand of chain saw I've ever heard of, including Poulan, McCulloch, and (my family's chain saw of choice when I was a kid) Jonsered, leading to one of those odd industries where there seems to be a lot of competition until you realize that they're pretty much all the same company. It's like if Boeing still made airplanes under all the other names. Kind of weird.

>Having served in the Swedish military, I've used many things with the
>Husqvarna markings. SMGs, AR(battle rifle)s, off-road bike, cooking
>utensils, you name it, and machine tools galore.

I assume the m/40 was a bit before your time?

(One thing I forgot to mention in the original post is that I've seen a couple of mentions of a nickname the Swedish forces had for the m/40, which was a bit bulkier and heavier than the L-35 because of the different grade of steel they used. If these accounts are to be believed, they called it "the iron stove". I could find no solid indication of whether that was affectionate. :)

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