  New results of the NA49 collaboration on strange particle production are
presented. Rapidity and transverse mass spectra as well as total multiplicities
are discussed. The study of their evolution from AGS over SPS to the highest
RHIC energy reveals a couple of interesting features. These include a sudden
change in the energy dependence of the m_t-spectra and of the yields of strange
hadrons around 30 AGeV. Also, fluctuations of the (K+ + K-)/(pi+ + pi-)$ ratio
and the (p + bar{p})/(pi+ + pi-) ratio, as well as the v_2 of Lambda in Pb+Pb
collsions at 158 AGeV are discussed.
