"Tigerpin" - newly manufactured after Bertila's model

Bertil Almqvist (1902 - 1972) created the image A Swedish Tiger for the State Information Board in 1941. The image would remind the population to keep quiet about everything that concerned Sweden's defense, and to keep quiet about information that could lead Sweden into the war that was raging everywhere in Europe. In 1942, Bertila created the "Tiger Needle" so that the Luftvarnspojkarna could get income for their activities through the sale of the needle. "The tiger pin was a success and the citizens of Sweden wore the little pin with pride. No foreigner could understand what the pin meant because it was a Swedish pun. That was exactly Bertila's intention and meaning. The tiger pin is preserved in its original form in the archives of the Emergency Preparedness Museum. In 2002, the Bertil Almqvist's daughters the copyright of the image to the Emergency Preparedness Museum, in order to preserve the image and its history.One of the products that the Emergency Preparedness Museum has had for sale since its inception in 1997 is the museum's "Tigerpin".