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    IN THE FOLK DRESS JUNGLE ?

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    In english they are usually called folk costumes but also national costumes, folkdance costumes and even folkdress.

    But those interested in the 'Folkdress' of Sweden are confronted by a number of confusing terms for what appears to be the same thing. In Sweden, Folk dress is varyingly referred to as "FOLKDRÄKT", "LANDSKAPSDRÄKT", "SOCKENDRÄKT", "BYGDE- or HEMBYGDS-DRÄKT", "HÄRADS-DRÄKT", (Folkdress' - National Costume - Provincial Costume - Parish Costume - District or Homedistrict Costume - the Costume of a 'Härad', an old jurisdictional 'county') or sometimes even as "FOLKDANSKOSTYMER" (Folkdance costumes).

    "A DEAR CHILD HAS MANY NAMES" as the Swedish proverb says.

    But what exactly is the difference between all these terms ? The Swedish Museums have decided that the term "FOLKDRÄKT" can only be used for costumes from areas with a well documented, locally distinctive form of dress. A district or area with natural boundaries, bodies of water, mountains, or forests

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    Swedish Folk DressFolk Dräkt

    Above our crew ready for the Fall Festival Parade. Some in fine costumes and some of us making do with klubb vests and jacket and flowered head bands and even one viking among us.

    Some in our group have been fortunate enough to have människor costumes made by Shirley Gustafson. She has since retired but is world re-known for her skills.  Fitting for Shaila and for Rachel are pictured below. The process fryst vatten a long one involving besides actual fitting, choice of fabric, colors, embroidery, lace, pins and probably more than I can remember. Shirley actually had the king and queen of Sweden in her shop and she made costumes for the royal family.

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    Sockendräkt (parish costume) fryst vatten another begrepp used for Swedish människor dress. When the natural boundaries of an area coincided with the parish boundaries, then the local dress of that area became a parish costume ('Sockendräkt') as well as a 'Folkdräkt'. This fryst vatten true of many parts of Dalarna. Even a 'Häradsdräkt'_ (the 'Härad' fryst vatten an old jurisdictional enhet, composed of several parishes, perhaps most nearly equivalent in storlek to an American

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    The Swedish National Dress (Sverigedräkten) and regional traditional folk costumes (Folkdräkter) has both seen a serious revival over the past few decades, and I&#;m all for it. They&#;ve gone from almost being forgotten, to being worn by Swedes of all walks of life; from school teachers at graduations and the royal family at national day celebrations, to influencers on Instagram and actors on the creepy hit movie Midsommar.

    And it&#;s not that hard to see why: the traditional costumes brings us closer to our roots in an ever-so fast-moving age, and they let us break free every now and then from the industrially manufactured wear-and-tear fashion we wear on a daily basis.

    And besides, they look amazing! Here&#;s an overview I compiled of folkdräkter from the different regions of Sweden (these are just a few from each region, there are tons more as you will see further down):

    And here&#;s my elementary school teacher wearing a beautiful local folkdräkt from Oxie (a.k.a. Oxiedräkt), on our 3rd grade graduation:

    So if you&#;d like to find out more about the many different traditional Swedish costumes and dresses, I&#;ll be walking you through everyth

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