Norwegian clothes

My wife dressed up in a "bunad", a Norwegian national costume. In Norway there are several different types of bunads. This one is called a Rogalandsbunad.

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Hello everybody! Are you wondering how it is to live in Norway? It’s not good, way to long, cold and freezy winters, and way too short summers. If you want a tan, DO NOT MOVE TO NORWAY! Just …

Oslobunaden

Hello all, Today I will continue to talk about Norwegian costumes, or Bunads, referencing in particular the most common version of the costume of West Telemark. This is the Bunad which I have, and on which I did the embroidery. The photo above is from a workshop on Norwegian dance which took place here in Omaha. The two people on the left and the man on the far right are wearing East Telemark Bunads, The woman on the left is Karin Brennesvik, a world famous teacher of Norwegian dance She was…

Norwegian Bunads, Oslo

Hello all, This is the second part of my overview of the costumes of Norway. This will cover the central row of provinces in Eastern Norway, the yellow and orange ones on the map below, minus the ones I covered in the first article. This includes the provinces of Oppland, Buskerud, Telemark, and East and West Agder. All of these have at least some areas in which folk costumes were a living tradition or within living memory at the beginning of the 20th cent. The National Bunad Council Bunad…

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