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Norwegian Knitting
Norwegian knitting () has a history dating from the 16th century. History Knitted garments found in Norway have been dated as far back as between 1476 and 1525. Some of the most well known sweater patterns attributed to Norwegian colorwork knitting are the Setesdal Lusekofte and the Fana, Bergen, Fana Fanacofte patterns. Selbu Municipality, Selbu in Trøndelag county is also well known for the Selburose pattern motif. Selbuvott, Selbu mittens first appeared as a vertical column of two snowflakes on the front side of the mittens. The origin of these mittens is attributed to a young girl named Marit Emstad who in 1857 attended church wearing what we now know as Selbu mittens, effectively sparking the imagination of knitters at the time who had never seen anything like it before. Today, there are over 300 registered mitten patterns attributed to Selbu Municipality, Selbu. There are several brands of Norwegian yarn available today for knitters, including Dale of Norway and Rauma Garn. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Setesdal
Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley of Setesdal into the sea near Kristiansand. It flows southward from the Hardangervidda plateau in Telemark. The historic Setesdal starts at Evje and extends as far as the farm Bjåen, at the edge of the traditional region of Telemark. Øvre (Upper) Setesdal is in the municipality of Bykle. The municipalities of Iveland, Evje & Hornes and Bygland comprise the Nedre (Lower) Setesdal. Valle municipality is in the middle of the Setesdal valley. Norwegian National Road 9 runs through Setesdal. Etymology The oldest Norse form of the name was just ''Setr'', and this was later replaced by ''Setrsdalr'' ('the dale/valley of Setr'). The common word ''setr'' has the meaning 'homestead, farm' – and ''Setr'' was probably originally the name o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lusekofte
The lusekofte (, ''lice jacket''), also called the Setesdalsgenser (''Setesdal sweater'') is a traditional Norwegian sweater, dating from the 19th century. The original sweater features a black and white design, the name referring to the isolated black stitches.Anne KjellberglusekofteStore Norske Leksikon, retrieved 30 March, 2013 They may also feature selburose designs. In recent times additional color is sometimes given to this black and white sweater by woven ribbons or bands of black woolen fabric embroidered in the type of colorful designs also found in the bunads and in rosemaling around the neck and along the front opening. These front opening are usually closed by a row of pewter or silver clasps. After the lusekofte was discovered by tourists in the 1920s, it became very popular and today they are made in many different patterns and colours in addition to the traditional Setesdal sweater. The lusekofte is casual attire, traditionally mostly worn by men. See al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fana, Bergen
Fana is a borough of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. The borough makes up the southeastern part of the municipality of Bergen. The borough was once part of the historic municipality of Fana (municipality), Fana which was incorporated into Bergen in 1972. The old municipality was much larger than the present-day borough of Fana. It also included all of the present-day boroughs of Ytrebygda and Fyllingsdalen as well as the southern part of the present-day boroughs of Årstad, Bergen, Årstad. As of 1 January 2012, Fana had a population of 39,216. Toponymy "The name is really [a] farm name, in Old Norse ''fani'', which probably means swampland or ''myrlende''" (or fen), according to the ''Store norske leksikon''. Geography Fana is the geographically largest of the city's boroughs, with an area of . Most major industries in Fana are located near the neighborhood of Nesttun (which was the administrative centre of the old Fana municipality). The northeastern part ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selbu Municipality
Selbu is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Mebonden. Other villages in Selbu include Flora, Trøndelag, Flora, Fossan, Hyttbakken, Innbygda, Trøndelag, Innbygda, Selbustrand, Trøa, Tømra, and Vikvarvet. The municipality is the 86th largest by area out of the 357 municipalities in Norway. Selbu is the 200th most populous municipality in Norway with a population of 4,216. The municipality's population density is and its population has increased by 4.6% over the previous 10-year period. General information The prestegjeld, parish of Selbu was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt law). On 1 January 1901, the eastern part of the municipality was separated to form the new Tydal Municipality. This left Selbu Municipality with 4,607 inhabitants. The borders of Selbu have not changed since that date. On 1 January ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trøndelag
Trøndelag (; or is a county and coextensive with the Trøndelag region (also known as ''Midt-Norge'' or ''Midt-Noreg,'' "Mid-Norway") in the central part of Norway. It was created in 1687, then named Trondhjem County (); in 1804 the county was split into Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag by the King of Denmark-Norway. After over two centuries of separation, in 2018 they were reunited following a referendum held two years earlier. The largest city in Trøndelag is the city of Trondheim. The administrative centre is Steinkjer, while Trondheim functions as the office of the county mayor. Both cities serve the office of the county governor; however, Steinkjer houses the main functions. Trøndelag county and the neighbouring Møre og Romsdal county together form what is known as Central Norway. A person from Trøndelag is called a ''trønder''. The dialect spoken in the area, trøndersk, is characterized by dropping out most vowel endings; see apocope. Trøndelag is one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selburose
In Norwegian knitting, a ''selburose'' () is a knitted rose pattern in the shape of a regular octagram. It is traditionally used for winter clothing such as the Selbu mitten (''selbuvott'') and sweaters ('' lusekofte, lopapeysa'' and '' mariusgenser''). Of ancient origin, the pattern is associated with Selbu Municipality in Norway, and has become an international symbol of Norway (or Scandinavia generally), Christmas and winter. History The design now known as the ''selburose'' has a long history. It appears in textiles across European history, and in knitting pattern books from Italy, France, Switzerland and Germany in the 16th to 18th century. It appears to combine designs of Islamic and Christian tradition based on Coptic and Byzantine The Byzantine Empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred on Constantinople during late antiquity and the Middle Ages. Having survived the events that caused the fall of the West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Selbuvott
Selbuvott () is a knitted woolen mitten, based on a pattern from Selbu Municipality in Norway. Like all mittens, the purpose of selbuvott is to keep hands warm during winter, with one large space for fingers and a separate smaller section for the thumb. The pattern is a Selburose, which is a traditional rose from the Selbu area, shaped like an octagram. Marit Guldsetbrua Emstad first knitted the pattern into a pair of mittens in 1857, and sold mittens through Husfliden in Trondheim in 1897. Selbuvott is possibly the most-worn knitted pattern in Norway. Marriage tradition Although traditionally only worked with two colors, patterns for these mittens could often be very intricate. Because of this, Selbuvott was used as a form of a dowry for young girls since selbuvott required an intense amount of time, care, and skilled practice in order to perfect the technique and get the desired look. A girl would start knitting these mittens from a very young age so that she could present the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marit Emstad
Marit Emstad (1841–1929), also known as Marit Guldsetbrua Emstad, was a Norwegian knitter from Selbu Municipality, Selbu credited for inventing Selbu's two-colored mittens, Selbuvotter, as a teenager. Life Marit Guldseth was born in 1841 as the third child of Ola Nillsen and Anne Olsdatter Kjønes; Nillsen was from Andersgarden and Kjønes was from Oppigarden. Nillsen and Kjønes would later go on to have four more children. Marit Guldseth married Per Ingebriktsen Flønnesaut and became Marit Flønes; later in life she took the name "Emstad" from her married daughter, after moving in with her. She died in 1929. Knitting As a teenager, sometime between 1854 and 1856, Marit Emstad was working as a servant or goat herder for farmer Jo Kjønes when somebody made him stranded wristwarmers and stockings with black and white patterning on the legs as a Christmas present. Kjønes asked Marit if she could make something "as pretty". Marit spent the next year practising with her sis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dale Of Norway
Dale of Norway is a Norwegian clothing brand known for their production of high-quality pure wool knitwear. The textile factory for the company is located at the village of Dale, Hordaland, Dale in Vaksdal Municipality, about east of the city of Bergen in Vestland county, Norway. In 2018, Dale of Norway was acquired by the Skis Rossignol, Rossignol Group. History The history of the business dates to 1872 when industrialist Peter Jebsen (1824–1892) first established a textile factory in Dale. The textile facility was completed in 1879. Starting in 1912, the operation included the production of hand-knitted yarn. After World War II, the factory developed exports of its knitted sweaters. Since 1956, Dale of Norway has designed and produced official Olympic and World Championship sweaters for the Norway at the Olympics, Norwegian National Alpine Ski Team, with new designs for every event. Dale of Norway was later chosen to design the official sweaters for the Winter Olympic Games ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mariusgenser
Marius sweaters () are Norwegian-style knitted sweaters with patterns inspired by traditional Setesdal sweater (), but without lice, a type of pattern. While the traditional sweaters used the natural colors of sheep wool - black, gray, brown and white - Marius sweater designs incorporated colors, with the most common being red, white and blue, the colors of the Norwegian flag. Origin The origin of the sweater has been subject to dispute in media. Designer said she designed the pattern in 1953, influenced by traditional Norwegian knitting patterns found in the 1929 book ''Norske Strikkemønstre'' (Norwegian knitting patterns) by Annichen Sibbern. She sold the legal rights to distribute the hand-knit pattern the same year to for 100 Norwegian kroner. Designer said she designed the pattern in the later 1920s, also inspired by the book by Sibbern, and that she in the beginning of 1950s had hired women who hand-knitted the sweater for sale in her shop. Erisen's daughter-in-law Be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
