Theme · 1984–1992 · 17 editions

Hammar

This collection gathers the special bottles of the Hammar glassworks, the Swedish works that blew Absolut's glass until it closed in 1992. Founded in 1854, Hammar belonged to PLM, the glass group behind Absolut's bottles, and made small runs for its own people outside the commercial range: personal bottles carrying a first name, bottles for Christmas and Easter, even one printed with the glassblowers' drinking song. The closure produced the best known, Den Sista I Hammar, given to the workers in 1992. Most are empty and unsealed, as they never went near the filling line: they are souvenirs of a factory more than of a vodka.

17 editions

Den Sista I Hammar 1992 · 2 variants The last bottles out of Hammar. The glassworks had been blowing glass continuously since 1854 and made Absolut's bottles until it closed in June 1992; roughly 250 of these went to the workers. They are always empty and unsealed — they never entered the filling line. The Swedish text thanks the glassworkers for keeping the trade alive for 138 years. Two versions exist, one in black and green marked Midsommar 1992, one in yellow without it.
Hammar 1992 · 3 variants The bottle the Hammar glassworks gave its own staff in 1992, the year it stopped producing after 138 years of glassblowing. Three 500 ml liveries are known — blue, red and frosted red — with sixteen of the blue and 250 of the frosted red recorded.
Hammar Rainbow 1992 · 1 variant A 1992 bottle handed to the staff of the Hammar glassworks, its label set in six colours: green, blue, red, yellow, black and white. It has nothing to do with Absolut's later Pride bottles — 1992 is simply the year the works stopped producing.
Glasblåsarnas Snapsvisa 1984 · 1 variant A bottle the glassworkers at Hammar made for themselves in 1984, at the works that produced Absolut's glass until 1992. It is always empty and unsealed — it never went near the filling line. On it, in Swedish, is the glassblowers' drinking song: we glassblowers drink schnapps out of habit and out of joy, it runs down our throats one two four five, oh hi oh ho, yes damn it, it runs down like molten glass. Cheers. About 200 exist.
Ulf Laurin 1984 · 1 variant A single bottle made for Ulf Laurin, who ran PLM from 1970 to 1989.
Hammar GLH 1 variant A factory bottle carrying a drawing of the PLM plant, the Swedish glass group that made Absolut's bottles. The three initials stand for the works behind it: G for Surte outside Göteborg, L for Limmared, H for Hammar.
Hammar God Jul 1 variant The Christmas bottle of the Hammar glassworks, its label showing children in red silhouette playing around a green tree. God jul is Swedish for merry Christmas.
Hammar Johan 1 variant A 1.75 litre bottle made at the Hammar glassworks for a Johan, under a normal cap. The works stood in southern Sweden and blew Absolut's glass until 1992.
Hammar Olsen Special 1 variant A 750 ml bottle from the Hammar glassworks labelled Olsen Special, one of the personal bottles the works made outside Absolut's own range.
Hammar Peter 1 variant A personal bottle from the Hammar glassworks, carrying the name Peter in blue.
Hammar Påsk 2 variants The Easter bottle of the Hammar glassworks — påsk is Swedish for Easter. Two printings are known, one with the text in red, the other in yellow.
Hammar RK Koren 1 variant A 750 ml bottle for Roland Karlsson, who led the choir at the Hammar glassworks — RK Koren is that choir. Sixteen were made.
Hammar Stake 1 variant A special bottle made for a Hammar Glassworks employee's 50th birthday. Stake = "erection" in Swedish.
Hammar Svart Vinbärs Brännvin 1 variant A special bottle from the Hammar glassworks labelled svart vinbärs brännvin, Swedish for blackcurrant schnapps.
Hammar Sven 1 variant A 1.75 litre bottle made at the Hammar glassworks for a Sven.
Hammar Wilson's 1 variant A single 750 ml bottle from the Hammar glassworks, labelled Wilson's.
Hammars Glasbruk 1 variant A 750 ml bottle for the 125th anniversary of Hammars glasbruk, the glassworks founded in 1854 that made Absolut's bottles until it closed in 1992.

1992

Den Sista I Hammar 2 variants The last bottles out of Hammar. The glassworks had been blowing glass continuously since 1854 and made Absolut's bottles until it closed in June 1992; roughly 250 of these went to the workers. They are always empty and unsealed — they never entered the filling line. The Swedish text thanks the glassworkers for keeping the trade alive for 138 years. Two versions exist, one in black and green marked Midsommar 1992, one in yellow without it.

Hammar 3 variants The bottle the Hammar glassworks gave its own staff in 1992, the year it stopped producing after 138 years of glassblowing. Three 500 ml liveries are known — blue, red and frosted red — with sixteen of the blue and 250 of the frosted red recorded.

Hammar Rainbow 1 variant A 1992 bottle handed to the staff of the Hammar glassworks, its label set in six colours: green, blue, red, yellow, black and white. It has nothing to do with Absolut's later Pride bottles — 1992 is simply the year the works stopped producing.
1984

Glasblåsarnas Snapsvisa 1 variant A bottle the glassworkers at Hammar made for themselves in 1984, at the works that produced Absolut's glass until 1992. It is always empty and unsealed — it never went near the filling line. On it, in Swedish, is the glassblowers' drinking song: we glassblowers drink schnapps out of habit and out of joy, it runs down our throats one two four five, oh hi oh ho, yes damn it, it runs down like molten glass. Cheers. About 200 exist.

Ulf Laurin 1 variant A single bottle made for Ulf Laurin, who ran PLM from 1970 to 1989.
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Hammar GLH 1 variant A factory bottle carrying a drawing of the PLM plant, the Swedish glass group that made Absolut's bottles. The three initials stand for the works behind it: G for Surte outside Göteborg, L for Limmared, H for Hammar.

Hammar God Jul 1 variant The Christmas bottle of the Hammar glassworks, its label showing children in red silhouette playing around a green tree. God jul is Swedish for merry Christmas.

Hammar Johan 1 variant A 1.75 litre bottle made at the Hammar glassworks for a Johan, under a normal cap. The works stood in southern Sweden and blew Absolut's glass until 1992.

Hammar Olsen Special 1 variant A 750 ml bottle from the Hammar glassworks labelled Olsen Special, one of the personal bottles the works made outside Absolut's own range.

Hammar Peter 1 variant A personal bottle from the Hammar glassworks, carrying the name Peter in blue.

Hammar Påsk 2 variants The Easter bottle of the Hammar glassworks — påsk is Swedish for Easter. Two printings are known, one with the text in red, the other in yellow.

Hammar RK Koren 1 variant A 750 ml bottle for Roland Karlsson, who led the choir at the Hammar glassworks — RK Koren is that choir. Sixteen were made.

Hammar Stake 1 variant A special bottle made for a Hammar Glassworks employee's 50th birthday. Stake = "erection" in Swedish.

Hammar Svart Vinbärs Brännvin 1 variant A special bottle from the Hammar glassworks labelled svart vinbärs brännvin, Swedish for blackcurrant schnapps.

Hammar Sven 1 variant A 1.75 litre bottle made at the Hammar glassworks for a Sven.

Hammar Wilson's 1 variant A single 750 ml bottle from the Hammar glassworks, labelled Wilson's.

Hammars Glasbruk 1 variant A 750 ml bottle for the 125th anniversary of Hammars glasbruk, the glassworks founded in 1854 that made Absolut's bottles until it closed in 1992.

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