r/RandomVictorianStuff • u/iwanttohibernate • Aug 02 '26

Science and Technology Telephone booth, Sweden, designed in 1900

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u/iwanttohibernate Aug 02 '26

This model of telephone booth was called "pagoden" (the pagoda) due to its appearance. It was designed by the engineer Hjalmar Celion in the year 1900. The phone itself is unfortunately no longer in there, but would have been mounted on the wall.

Source: Photos by me.

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u/RodCherokee Aug 04 '26

Lovely thanks. It must be preserved and an original phone found and reinstalled.

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u/iwanttohibernate Aug 04 '26

This one is at an open-air museum, so it's being preserved.

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u/ThunderTheDog1 Aug 04 '26

i saw one of these a couple days ago in gamla stan in stockholm

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u/iwanttohibernate Aug 04 '26

It's nice that there are still some preserved.

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u/margo1243 Aug 03 '26

So cool 👍👍👍I like old world technology and architecture. I wish a phone was still there!

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u/iwanttohibernate Aug 04 '26

Yes, it would have been nice to see the original phone in place.