Playing Cards from Sweden


‘501’ playing cards by Alf Cooke
“Five 'o One” playing cards, a version of the Dondorf Rhineland pattern, manufactured by Universal Playing Card Co. Ltd for export to Scandinavia.

Åkerlund & Rausing
Swedish style pack by Åkerlund & Rausing, Stockholm, 1931-1937

Einar Nerman Patience
Einar Nerman (1888–1983) was a talented Swedish artist born in Norrköping who designed playing cards during the 1920s.

Football playing cards
52 different legends from the world of football.

Four Centuries
“Four Centuries” playing cards by Esselte Öbergs with court cards depicted as caricatures from different historical periods.

Granbergs No.101 Standardkort
Olle Hjortzberg (1872-1959) designed these playing cards for Granbergs AB in c.1924 in ‘Art Nouveau’ style.

Grand Prix Champions
“Grand Prix Champions” printed by Offason.

Jacob Bagges AB
Playing cards published by Jacob Bagges AB Stockholm, close copies of Dondorf designs.

Jazz Legends playing cards
52 different photographs of famous jazz musicians.

Kille
‘Kille’, an old Swedish card game

Löjliga Spel Kort
Facsimile edition of “Löjliga Spel Kort” (1825) illustrated playing cards from Sweden, showing scenes from Fredman‘s Epistles and Songs

Majas Alfabets Spel
Majas Alfabets Spel beautifully illustrated by Lena Andersson, 1980s.

Moviestars
Moviestars from the golden age of cinema by Offason AB of Sweden, c.2002.

No. 17 (Bicycle®) playing cards
No. 17 playing cards designed by Lorenzo Gaggiotti, Sweden, 2015.

Öbergs ‘Comedia’
Öbergs “Comedia” playing cards designed by Stig Lindberg from Sweden, c.1958

Öbergs ‘Svenska Lloyd’
‘Svenska Lloyd’ shipping company playing cards published by J.O. Öberg & Son, Eskilstuna, c.1955.

Offason “Beau”
Offason AB “Beau” playing cards designed by Åke Arenhill from Sweden, c.1990.

Olsen Smygvänliga
Olsen Spelkort Smygvänliga - Swedish pattern made by F.X. Schmid for Olsen

Politisk Tarot
Swedish politicians caricatured by Dan Glimne in a set of Tarot trumps.

Requiem Playing Cards
This pack has been inspired by the Requiem Mass, a Mass celebrated for the souls of one or more deceased persons. The dark style of illustrations features occult symbols and imagery such as horns, hearts, thorns and skulls and the typography reflects ancient latin scripts.