Halda

Henning Hammarlund’s watch factory in Svängsta in Blekinge, one of the few Swedish makers of pocket watches. Later made taximeters and typewriters.

Henning Hammarlund learned watchmaking abroad and started the factory in Svängsta in Blekinge.

Halda made pocket watches and then typewriters and taximeters, and the taximeters became a major export. The Svängsta factory became a centre of precision engineering in Blekinge.

The name Halda and Svängsta on the movement; the pocket watches have serial numbers.

• Clocks and watches