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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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Vadstena lacemaking
8 February 2023Lacemaking involves braiding threads with the aid of lace-bobbins and a number of flax threads. The threads are braided and patterns are created on a...
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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.
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Making frieze
8 February 2023Tucking or fulling is a method for processing woollen cloth to make the fabric thicker and more durable. A processed piece of cloth is called a friez...
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Dressing of pelts/tanning
8 February 2023Knowledge of how to utilise the skin from an animal and process it is generally known as dressing of pelts/tanning. Tanning is a craft where the fini...
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Hammarkullen Carnival
8 February 2023The carnival in Hammarkullen is an annual event with roots in various parts of the world. Song and dance troupes from a number of different countries...
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Fäbod culture
8 February 2023A Fäbod can be described as a form of small-scale farm where the animals are sent to a pasture for summer grazing, consisting of a number of building...
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Hand net fishing tradition in the Torne Valley
8 February 2023Fishing for whitefish and salmon with hand nets is a traditional fishing method that is still being practised in the various rapids of the Torne Vall...
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Lamprey fishing
2 February 2023Fishing for lamprey with special basket traps is a very old tradition. Smoked and salted lampreys were being supplied to the royal court as early as ...