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Thread Number: 31194
/ Tag: 80s/90s Vacuum Cleaners
viking vacuum |
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| Post# 345077 , Reply# 2 2/23/2016 at 08:19 (2,978 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Jill, P.S., Another Viking was made by Panasonic. No power nozzle, from the 1960's. Off white with a large chrome carry handle. | ||
| Post# 345116 , Reply# 3 2/23/2016 at 13:16 (2,977 days old) by petek (Ontario) | ||
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Here's my Eaton's Viking (Eureka) 
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| Post# 345120 , Reply# 4 2/23/2016 at 14:02 (2,977 days old) by human (Pines of Carolina) | ||
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| Post# 345158 , Reply# 5 2/23/2016 at 19:13 (2,977 days old) by delaneymeegan (Mary Richards lived here) | ||
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| Post# 345164 , Reply# 6 2/23/2016 at 21:08 (2,977 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
Though Eureka made many Viking vacuums for Canada's T. Eaton Company department store, there was also a line of vacuums labelled Viking which actually were high end 120volt versions of European Electrolux vacs. I think before Eaton's went bankrupt in the 1980's, the name Viking could not be used by AB Electrolux unless it was made for Eaton's. So these vacs were labelled Dometic or Husqvarna for the North American market. After Eaton's closed, AB Electrolux used the name Viking on these vacs and on Husqvarna sewing machines. See Vacuumland thread 18508.
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| Post# 345165 , Reply# 7 2/23/2016 at 21:17 (2,977 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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Here is the link to that thread, which explains more about the Swedish vacs labelled Viking for the Viking Sewing Machine dealers. The vac in question is most likely not a Eureka-made Eaton Viking vac (though some of these may indeed have been brought to Florida by Canadian retirees). But with the reference to a "cloth hose", I guarantee you we are talking about a Swedish vac, not a Canadian one.
CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
| Post# 345204 , Reply# 8 2/24/2016 at 06:02 (2,977 days old) by vacerator (Macomb Michigan) | ||
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Brian, That explains the use of Eureka power nozzles on the Swedish Vikings. AB E-Lux bought Eureka in 1974. I've never seen a Dometic, or a Husqvarna in the states. only Dometic RV refrigerators, and Husqvarna lawn mowers and sewing machines. | ||
| Post# 345244 , Reply# 9 2/24/2016 at 17:07 (2,976 days old) by eurekaprince (Montreal, Canada) | ||
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It seems that Husqvarna has been a Swedish maker of sewing machines since the 1800's. One of their models was called the Husqvarna Viking.
AB Electrolux acquired the company in 1978. By that year, Husqvarna had already been selling their sewing machines in North America. I suppose Electrolux saw this Husqvarna market as an opportunity to add high end Swedish-made canister vacs to the line-up sold in the sewing machine stores. Just like Singer had done for so many years before. So that's how we North Americans end up with a Made in Sweden 120-volt Electrolux canister vacuum labelled Husqvarna Viking (some featuring a power nozzle made by Eureka in the 1980's) Here's a bit of the corporate history: CLICK HERE TO GO TO eurekaprince's LINK | ||
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