SWEDISH 1940S/1950S BROWN BOWLER HAT BY KARLSKRONA HATTFABRIK. SIZE 57 kanaljen Although it lacks the original

Although it lacks the original label

produced by Penguin and sold at the NK department store in Stockholm

The year "1957" is stamped in the lining

It is made from a heavy light brown fabric typical of the era

except from one small damage close to the zipper

SWEDISH 1940S/1950S BROWN BOWLER HAT BY KARLSKRONA HATTFABRIK. SIZE 57 kanaljen Although it lacks the originalDESCRIPTION This is an unusual hat in the sense that it is brown, as the overwhelming majority of bowler hats produced in Sweden are black. It was made by the Karlskrona Hattfabrik (Karlskrona Hat Factory), Swedens most significant hat manufacturer during the 20th century, operating from 1872 to 1972 in Karlskrona in southern Sweden. The hat was originally sold in a store called Grand, located in Vxj, also a city in southern Sweden. It is made of what