Pelarfredskap

Pelarfredskap is a Swedish term used to describe tools and equipment designed for handling poles and piles in construction, forestry, and related industries. The word is a compound of elements referring to poles or piles and the tools used to work with them. It appears in older technical literature and catalogs that cover equipment for installing, maintaining, or removing wooden structural elements such as fence posts, telegraph or utility poles, and building piles.

In practice, pelarfredskap covers a broad range of devices intended to work with vertical structural elements. Common functions include driving or extracting piles, lifting and positioning poles, and aligning or securing them during assembly. Equipment used for these tasks may include pile drivers or hammers, wedges, clamps, jigs, winches, and other lifting or securing devices. Cutting tools for trimming or shaping poles may also be considered part of pelarfredskap in some contexts.

The term is more prevalent in historical or regional Swedish contexts, and in modern usage more specific terminology is often preferred. Today, professionals typically refer to on-site equipment by function or by the more precise name of the task, such as pålar (piles), stolpar (posts), and related implements for driving, lifting, or trimming.

Pelarfredskap can thus be viewed as an umbrella category within vocational and industrial lexicon, encompassing the assortment of tools and machines used to handle vertical wooden elements during construction, infrastructure work, and forestry operations.

See also: pålar, stolpar, pålarbete, verktyg för spikning and similar terms for related equipment.