Abandoned & Industrial Photography

by Björn Sahlberg

Glasspinne
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fabriken

glacepinne au faur

Varsågod!

Behold the remains of Sweden's only ice cream stick factory. Stick manufacturing started in the 1930s and lasted until anno 2000. The last years roughly one million Beech sticks were produced here, daily. A few years after production moved abroad the main structure was fire struck and eventually the last buildings were demolished in spring 2015.

The partially burnt ice cream stick factory at Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. August 2009.

The partially burnt ice cream stick factory.

Magnum ice cream sticks spread about at Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. August 2009.

Magnum ice cream sticks spread about.

Ground floor office window at Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. August 2009.

Ground floor office window.

Badtoilet at Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. August 2009.

Facilities clearly qualifying for the Badtoilets collection.

Punch clock at Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne, Sweden. August 2009.

The punch clock.

Technicalities

August 2009

December 2013

November 2015

Arkelstorp Skåne Sweden

Hasselblad 500c/m Zeiss Planar 80 mm F/2.8 Kodak Tri-X at EV 400 Imacon Flextight Photo

Exhibition Print

Glasspinnefabriken. Arkelstorp, Skåne. Augusti 2009.

Glasspinnefabriken was among the selected works for the ASKA.nu anniversary exhibition.

This print is still available.