Sweden's premier steel to use when it comes to making knives is most likely regarded as 12C27 - a high end steel manufactured by Sandvik steels. More recently this has been refined to 14C28N at the same factory.
Like anything Swedish, this is a minimized, simplistic yet classy steel with the following composition:
| Elements | 12C27 |
| C | 0.60% |
| Si | 0.40% |
| Mn | 0.40% |
| Ni | - |
| Cr | 13.50% |
| P | 0.03% |
| S | 0.01% |
| V | |
| Co | - |
| others |
