Helmfrid 2005, p. 5. Lindholm (1884) states, "If there are not cards enough for everyone, it may happen that a few men sit down and play a sort of chess, where the pieces are called Russians and Swedes, and try to defeat each other. Here intense battles are fought, which easily can be observed on the players, who sometimes are so absorbed that they cannot see or hear anything else." Lindholm, P. A. (1884). Hos Lappbönder. Skildringar, sägner och sagor från södra Lappland [At Lappbönder. Descriptions tales and stories from southern Lapland] (in Swedish). Stockholm: A. Bonnier. OCLC46788856.
