Sometimes the Swedes are doing their best to copy anything American.
It is often the other way around here, but unless the American is of Swedish descent, then usually nothing noteworthy is ever accomplished.
I think I have mentioned my father's old fabricator friend who used to help Dad out of binds in his business by building things from "scratch" to replace some form of "unobtainium" piece from some ancient musical instrument that my father was restoring. I remember his name was Emil. Emil's main business was restoring old cars.
BUT, his hobby was model trains. He once built "from scratch" a two foot long train engine that actually operated on steam, with a built in propane fuel source to power the rest of his train set all around the tracks in his shop. It was built purely from brass, painted strategically and looked exactly like something from the 1880s, but modernized a bit internally to work with modern fuel. He actually included a tiny reservoir of light oil which was also heated and atomized into the steam exhaust to make the exhaust appear more authentically blue in color, just for "show."
He had a lot of tracks around his huge shop (adapted from a pole-built barn).
He was most definitely All American, trying to still enjoy his Swedish heritage of fine craftsmanship.
