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Weaving or knotting rya
3 July 2024Rya is a weaving or knotting technique that is used to produce rugs, wall hangings, or pillows, often made out of wool.
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Traditional stencil technique of Hälsingland
3 July 2024The traditional stencil technique of Hälsingland is used to decorate walls, wall hangings, and objects. It is recognized through its particular patte...
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Lacemaking
3 July 2024Lacemaking involves braiding threads with the aid of lace bobbins and several flax threads. Lacemaking in Sweden has many regional variations and loc...
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Horsehair spinning
3 July 2024Spinning horse- and cattle hair is a tradition that has been practiced in Sweden, the Nordic countries, and other places in the world where horses an...
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Flemish weaving
3 July 2024Flemish weaving is a tapestry technique found in the region of Scania in southern Sweden. The weaving technique produces bright-colored tapestries wi...
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Delsbo stitch
3 July 2024Delsbo stitch is an embroidery technique featuring floral patterns. The technique has its origin in, and is strongly connected to the community of De...
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Crafting wood chip birds
3 July 2024When crafting wood chip birds, the bird's body is carved out of a piece of wood, while the wings and tail are made from wood chips or shavings.
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Crafting baskets
3 July 2024Baskets are a type of container that is traditionally hand-woven from various plant materials. Baskets are made all over Sweden, although the materia...
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Glahålskaffe
3 March 2023”Glahålskaffe” (Glahål coffee) is an expression that describes the coffee break which takes place when almost having finished a weave. Usually, those...
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Twined knitting
9 February 2023Twined knitting (tvåändsstickning) is a technique dating back to the 16th century. Two strands of yarn are used, alternating the strands for each loo...
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Psalmodicon
9 February 2023The psalmodicon is a string instrument that was common in much of Sweden during the 19th century. Interest in the psalmodicon has seen a revival in r...
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Artisanal flour production
9 February 2023Several small-scale rural mills producing artisanal flour still exist in Sweden. Many mills have medieval roots and produce flour from locally grown ...
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Sojdesbränning – tar burning on the island of Gotland
8 February 2023The traditional production of pine tar on Gotland is part of a Scandinavian practice. Pine tar is burned in pits called “sojden”. Several active grou...
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Glove making
8 February 2023Glove making is the art of making and cutting out gloves in leather. It is important to be able to "read" the skin, which requires experience, to use...
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Bastabinne in Ödenäs
8 February 2023Bastabinne is a technique which uses spruce bast to make baskets and other objects, and to make ropes.
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French polishing and cellulose lacquer
8 February 2023The technique for French polishing was developed in France in the 18th century. It became popular in Sweden at the beginning of the nineteenth centur...
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Nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle)
8 February 2023A Nyckelharpa (keyed fiddle) is a string instrument with a relatively long slender body. When it is played it is held just below the chest, a bit lik...
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Varvskompetens träskrov (wooden boats)
8 February 2023Wooden boat shipyards have existed in Sweden since the Viking Age. In the 16th and 17 centuries several shipyards were built to build up a strong fle...
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Steamship traffic
8 February 2023In Sweden there is a living knowledge of how to drive steamships. Thanks to the great interest and voluntary involvement, there are about twenty-five...
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Laggning of wooden vessels
8 February 2023Laggning (staving) is an old technique for making wooden vessels. Archaeological findings show that staving was common on the European continent befo...
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Artisanal glass
8 February 2023Artisanal glass is the craft of making glass objects using various techniques. The craft is based on the melted glass and has been passed no from mas...
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Clinker boat traditions
8 February 2023Building clinker boats is an ancient technique in the Nordic shipbuilding tradition. The old technology is still in use along parts of the Swedish co...
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Double cloth from Bohuslän
8 February 2023Double cloth from Bohuslän is a woven using a technique which has existed in various forms in Sweden since the Late Middle Ages. In Bohuslän, this te...
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Folk costumes
8 February 2023Folk costumes as a symbol of local and national identity has been used in Sweden for around 400 years.