Here are some examples of the Oxie folk costumes ( Oxiedrkt ) my elementary school teacher wore for every graduation throughout grades 1-3: We can compare the design of the folk costumes my teacher wore above, to an older example from the 1940s below which shows how the design has changed slightly, but mostly been kept the same over the years: Here are some more examples of regional Swedish folk costumes, ordered from south to north: Skne (Scania) folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) For a pop culture reference, the titular character of the popular childrens book Nils Holgersson wears a Skne folkdrkt (seen here in a mural by Sven Erixson): Halland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Blekinge folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) folkdrkter Smland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) land folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Gotland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Bohusln folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Vstergtland folkdrkt (traditional folk costume) Dalsland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) stergtland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Vrmland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Nrke folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Sdermanland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Uppland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Vstmanland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Dalarna folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Gstrikland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Hlsingland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Hrjedalen folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Medelpad folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Jmtland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) ngermanland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Vsterbotten folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Norrbotten folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) Lappland folkdrkter (traditional folk costumes) If youd like to dive even deeper, heres a decent slideshow from Vasa National Archives (Bishop Hill, Illinois) featuring many different traditional folk costumes from all over Sweden, along with short descriptions: When Do Swedes Wear the Traditional Folk Costumes
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