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Oral tradition attributes the development of the torch to the [[Swedish intervention in the Thirty Years' War|Swedish military during the Thirty Years' War]]; using a [[saw]] or hacksaw or an [[axe]], the [[Swedes]] are said to have made burning and glowing logs to warm their soldiers.<ref name="Hutchison">{{Cite web |last=Hutchison |first=Patrick |title=How to Make a Swedish Torch |url=https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles/how-to-make-a-swedish-torch |website=Art of Manliness |language=en}}</ref> This method of providing heat meant that their troops did not have to carry their own [[firewood]] with them but were able to get supplies on site, as the freshly cut wood can burn due to the [[chimney effect]].