113 sounds by Erik Pålsson
  • Saltsjöbanan, train from 1912 (4)

    This is a train built in 1912 and a part of the Saltsjöbanan railroad which goes out towards the Stockholm archipelago. The train was in service until...
  • Saltsjöbanan, train from 1912 (3)

    This is a train built in 1912 and a part of the Saltsjöbanan railroad which goes out towards the Stockholm archipelago. The train was in service until...
  • Saltsjöbanan, train from 1912 (2)

    This is a train built in 1912 and a part of the Saltsjöbanan railroad which goes out towards the Stockholm archipelago. The train was in service until...
  • Saltsjöbanan, train from 1912 (1)

    This is a train built in 1912 and a part of the Saltsjöbanan railroad which goes out towards the Stockholm archipelago. The train was in service until...
  • Handheld lawn mower

    This is the sound of a small handeld lawn mower. It is pulled back and then forward, creating quite a unique sound as the blades within it are turned around...
  • Screwing gun

    Same as before, only now a screw is screwed into the plank and then removed using a screwing gun. Photo and recording by Erik Pålsson.
  • Hammering a nail

    This is the sound a hammer hammering down a nail into a plank, and also breaking the plank. Photo and recording by Erik Pålsson.
  • Paper manufacturing by hand: Creating the paper

    This is the machine into which the mass is gathered and then becomes paper. There is approximately 98% water and 2% papermass, but if the paper is too...
  • Paper manufacturing by hand: the “Dutch”

    The second step in the manufacturing is placing the fiber in a machine simply called the Dutch - since it was invented by a dutch engineer in the 17th...
  • Paper manufacturing by hand: Shredder

    The first step of manufacturing paper by hand is destroying the materials, in this case cotton in the shape of old linen and clothes, to get the fibers...
  • Göta Canal (lock): Opening of the water lock (2)

    Göta Kanal is a canal in Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea with Kattegat, and with that Skagerrak and eventually the North Sea. It goes through a large...
  • Göta Canal (lock): Opening of the water-lock (1)

    Göta Kanal is a canal in Sweden that connects the Baltic Sea with Kattegat, and with that Skagerrak and eventually the North Sea. It goes through a large...