Non-Violence

Europe
July 31st 2011

Published: August 13th 2011

A blog entry dedicated to the gun with the knot on the barrel This blog entry is slightly different from the ones we normally write. We hope you still find it interesting to read. Outside the UN building in New York there is a sculpture of a gun with a knot on the barrel. The sculpture is named Non-Violence and is created by the Swedish artist Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd. There are many copies ... Read Full Entry

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Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

Ake Och Emma

We are Emma Holmbro and Ake Dahllof. We live in Stockholm, Sweden. We have travelled more or less regularly since the mid 1990-ies and it seems like the more we travel the more difficult it is to decide where to go next. Not because we are running out of places to visit but because we find more places we want to go to faster than we manage to travel to them. Some of the things from our travel bucket list we have ticked off since we started this blog in 2006 are Angel Falls in Ven... full info

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Åkeshov metro station, Stockholm Sweden

It can be seen in the tunnel below the platform in the metro station

Åre, Sweden

Design made by the ice hockey playing twins Joel Lundqvist (decorated with his team, Frölunda, and town Gothenburg) and Henrik Lundqvist (decorated with his team, New York Rangers, and town New York City)

Geneva, Switzerland

Not far from the UN building in Geneva, Switzerland they have an alternative version of Non Violence

New York City, United States of America

It can be seen outside the UN building on Manhattan

Tattoo

We saw this tattoo and thought it would fit perfectly. You can see Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd's autograph and the owner of the tattoo told us it is real

Design made by Paul McCartney

Design made by Ringo Starr

Sculpture

This version of the Non Violence sculpture is a limited edition for sale to the public

Sculpture

This version of the Non Violence sculpture is a limited edition for sale to the public. It is decorated with the flags of all the UN member states

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Jonas Åkerlund, film director

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Johnny Johansson, creative director

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Dregen, rock musician

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Meja, singer songwriter

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by David James, goal keeper

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Therese Alshammar, swimmer

Temporary exhibition

In a temporary exhibition in a shopping mall in Stockholm several artists made their own versions of Non Violence. This was designed by Robin Söderling, tennis player, and Ernst Billgren, artist

Commercial for glasses

Model

Model of Non-Violence made by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd to test the idea before he created the first sculpture. At Museum of Sketches in Lund, Sweden.

13th August 2011

Harvey
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Good Guns or Bad Guns
A friend of mine was an agent for a small arms (pistols and rifles) manufacturer. He was making sales to the BENELUX countries. His neighbors criticized him as if he was a war monger. He replied, The next time an aggressor comes to occupy us, do you want our soldiers to have good weapons or inferior weapons?

24th October 2017

David Bray
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2nd Sculpture in hamstad
There is also a CFR certified copy of this sculpture (3/8) at the AJ Produkter headquarters in Halmstad.

24th October 2017

Ake Och Emma
Ake Dahllof and Emma Holmbro

I will check that this next week
Thank you so much for this information. By a coincidence I am going to Halmstad next week. I will visit AJ Produkter then and look for it. /Ake

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