↟ Native Scandinavian in traditional folk costume from Himle, Sweden 🇸🇪

Scandinavia has a long history of traditional folk costumes. Back in the days, each parish had their own design in the peasant society. There is about 840 different varieties of folk costumes just here in Sweden, and the old tradition of folk costumes is slowly coming back again. Reject modernity and embrace tradition.

The folk costume is hand woven and hand sewn by this talented woman with fabrics of wool, cotton and linen. It is a Scandinavian tradition to sew your own traditional folk costume from your area where your kin originates from. Folk costumes are today often worn at occasions such as weddings, the national day and folk festivals etc.