Hagstrom is perhaps the only famous Guitar Company, come from Sweden. The manufacturer was initiated in 1920 by Albin Hagström, accordions German import, such as electric guitars were not yet available. In 1932 they started their own accordion. In 1958, the company made its first electricity. All these were covered in shimmering celluloid, which was previously in accordions.
Most of the original models were fairly traditional in form, or an equivalentStyle double cutaway Les Paul or a rounded shape. Most came with four single-coil in a position that made her look like humbuckers. Some models also have a pearl neck-and-white keyboard in a transparent perspex. Hagstrom units were built vibrato option on most models.
The guitars were usually with a bewildering variety of roles and selector button, and you change the pickups split sounds. The guitars are extravagant, and had not had much success withat first. The players preferred the simplicity of relatively simple tools from American Fender and Gibson, offered instead of colored surfaces and complicated controls of European brands including Hagstrom, Eko, Hofner and the assortment of young Japanese.
Hagstrom noted and more traditional guitar and more handsome. Among these the Swede, a Les Paul guitar shape, the Viking, a semi-acoustic, used by Frank Zappa and had hisSon Dweezil, then about 30 years, and inspired the SG-I, II and III models now on sale as the F-200.
Unfortunately, it was not enough to save the company, and in the wake of increasing competition from Japanese manufacturers increasingly, Hagstrom joined in 1983
In 2004 however, the company of Tricor AB, is developed to regain their guitars. They are made in its Chinese factories and are sold for around £ 200-750 GBP. The reprints are made on GuitarsHagstrom stopped after production of the sensational end-1958 era the early 1960s, that is, above all, the Swede, Viking and F-200, if introduced with some models and new versions of classic models.
Original Hagstrom have a huge following because of their rarity and originality, so that there is a Hagstrom Festival in Sweden for the first days of each year in June. For their most ardent fans, it is very easy to see, make this old back in action.

