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The naming of the first ship is obvious: Vasa was the royal house of Sweden. But why did the king decide to call the second ship "The Apple"? Did he like his M
by pavlov 4y ago
The naming of the first ship is obvious: Vasa was the royal house of Sweden.
But why did the king decide to call the second ship "The Apple"? Did he like his Macintosh so much?
- robin_reala 4y agoWikipedia says: "The Apple" is the Swedish term for the globus cruciger, the regal orb and cross.
- airstrike 4y ago"Globus Cruciger" is a badass name for an indie game
- Bronze_Colossus 4y agoIt's tradition in the Swedish navy to give the largest and mightiest ships name from the Swedish royal regalia. But sure doesn't sound intimidating.
- mayormcmatt 4y agoTangentially, there is an interesting connection between Scandanavia and the Mac: the command key symbol, AKA Saint John's Arms (among others). When I've visited Sweden, it's all over the countryside, on signs marking places of interest.
- sorenjan 4y agoAnother similar tangent: Rambo got his name from the Rambo apple, which in turn got its name from Peter Gunnarsson Ramberg who took the name from Ramberget in Gothenburg.
- teddyh 4y agoWhich in turn got its name from old swedish “rám” or “ravn”, meaning “raven”.
- bydo 4y agoOrigin story: https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Swedish_Campground.txt https://www.folklore.org/StoryView.py?story=Swedish_Campgrou...
- sorenjan 4y agoVasa wasn't named after the royal house, it was named after the vase[0] on the heraldic symbol for the house of Vasa[1]. A vase is probably best described as a fasces. Äpplet was probably named after a globus cruciger[2], or "national apple" (riksäpple), part of the regalia of Sweden. [0] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vase_(heraldisk_symbol) https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vase_(heraldisk_symbol) [1] https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa%C3%A4tten#/media/Fil:COA-family-sv-Vasa.png https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vasa%C3%A4tten#/media/Fil:COA-... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globus_cruciger
- BurningFrog 4y agoIt seems that Gustav I also took the name Vasa from the heraldic symbol, though the Wikipedia article doesn't say so directly. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Vasa https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Vasa
- rags2riches 4y agoGustav was known as "Gustav Eriksson" in his day, "Eriksson" being a patronym. Family names wasn't really a thing at the time, as coat of arms were. The form "Gustav Eriksson Vasa" first appears in the 17th century and simply "Gustav Vasa" isn't used before the 18th.
- vintermann 4y agoThe classic "holy hand grenade".
- rags2riches 4y agoOther names of Royal ships in the same style were The Crown, The Key, The Sceptre and The Sword. Like The Apple, they are all regalia.