Swedish culture traditional dresses

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The Swedish national costume This is the Swedish national costume. This costume you wear in special ceremonies like midsummer. If you had seen princes Victoria at her birthdays on TV you can see that she wear a national costume. The Swedish national costume has existed for several generations. It has also been in many different colors and patterns. The national costume I’m wearing is the one who is best known today. I think it is the finest of all suits. In old times varied the national…

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Hello all, Part three of this overview is forthcoming. I was asked about the costumes of Trondelag, and so I wrote this one first. This is the fourth part of my overview of Norwegian Costumes. This will cover all of Norway from Trondelag north. Here Norway starts to overlap Sapmi, commonly called Lappland. I will not be covering the Saami costumes of Norway, as I have already written about them. They are a completely separate costume tradition, and it makes no sense to separate the part…

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Nordlandsbunad

Hello all, Today I will cover the last province of Norway, Hordaland. This is one of the great centers of Norwegian folk costume, hav...

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Sigdal-Eggedal-Krødsherad-bunad

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