Know of any vintage pen shops in Stockholm?

[waishiu]

Hi to all... I'd be visiting Stockholm, Uppsala, and the surrounding areas of Sweden in late August / early September. I was wondering if you know of any vintage fountain pen shops in those cities? My fiance -- who, thanks to me , has also got the FP bug -- and I would love to check out the shops.

 

Kindly let me know, thanks a million

 

Wai

[waishiu]

Does no one here know of pen shops in Stockholm?

[CaryK]

Does no one here know of pen shops in Stockholm?

There is no market for vintage fountain pens in Stockholm. Nice dipping pens are frequently available in antique stores but I've yet to see a fountain anywhere. There is a good selection of contemporary pens in the stationary department of NK (Nordiska kompaniet) on Hamngatan and the manager, Mattias, really knows his stuff. This is a respectable facility by any standards but you'll pay European list prices there.

[waishiu]

Does no one here know of pen shops in Stockholm?

There is no market for vintage fountain pens in Stockholm. Nice dipping pens are frequently available in antique stores but I've yet to see a fountain anywhere. There is a good selection of contemporary pens in the stationary department of NK (Nordiska kompaniet) on Hamngatan and the manager, Mattias, really knows his stuff. This is a respectable facility by any standards but you'll pay European list prices there.

 

No market ?! I'm very surprised to hear that. I read that at one point in time, there were quite a few FP sub-brands made for the Swedish or Scandinavian market. So, I would assume that there should be quite a few vintage pens floating around awaiting a new home... Do you know what happened?

 

Wai

[CaryK]

No market ?! I'm very surprised to hear that. I read that at one point in time, there were quite a few FP sub-brands made for the Swedish or Scandinavian market. So, I would assume that there should be quite a few vintage pens floating around awaiting a new home... Do you know what happened?

 

I am using the term "market" in the over-the-counter retail sense. There are fountain pen collectors in Stockholm, but with the exception of the pen department at NK, there is no walk-in establishment to which they are drawn. I am guessing by the ubiquitous availability of new pens (Cross, Faber-Castell, and Parker are sold almost everywhere stationery is found), the single outlet for quality modern pens, and the absence of pens from the otherwise lively and numerous antique stores, that there is not any great interest in vintage material regardless of the country of its manufacture or the demographics of its original target community.

 

There are, indeed, many old pens in active use but they generally exchange hands as heirlooms rather than on an established market. (The online auction situation is similarly vestigial.) There is a strong local component to the notion of collectability, regardless of the type of object, and I'm afraid that I cannot provide any insight into why Stockholm doesn't have a strong enough base of vintage fountain pen aficionadi to be reflected on a retail front. (I'm fairly sure that this all applies to other cities in Sweden although the name of the local pen store will obviously vary.)

[trauha]

Any update to this info? Even Tallinn has distributors for exclusive pen and ink brands..