Last Big Jonsereds
When Husqvarna introduced the 162se in 1976 it pretty much defined what chainsaws were going to look like from that point on. Simple and elegant, and using a compact case with the oil tank in the main magnesium casting and the fuel in the handle has become what we expect a saw to look like. There was opposition from two innovative companies in Sweden at the time, but there was an easy way to deal with Jonsereds and Partner – buy them. Electrolux could see that three Swedish companies competing for both market share but also research and development was not effective and the solution was to bring them under the one banner and that’s what they did. Arguably both the other two had some better ideas than Husqvarna. Jonsereds cylinder porting was superior and Partner had better antivibe on their saws which were also extremely compact (it would be interesting to see were the final development of the Partner 7000+ might have ended up). However, as the dominant sibling, Husqvarna seemed to hol