Svenska Folkdansringen (The Swedish Folk Dance Ring), usually just called "Folkdansringen," is Sweden's largest amateur

folk culture Folklore is the body of expressive culture shared by a particular group of people, culture or subculture. This includes oral traditions such as tales, myths, legends, proverbs, poems, jokes, and other oral traditions. This also includes mat ...

organization. Its primary focus is

folk dance A folk dance is a dance that reflects the life of the people of a certain country or region. Not all ethnic dances are folk dances. For example, Ritual, ritual dances or dances of ritual origin are not considered to be folk dances. Ritual dances ...

, but all aspects of Swedish

fall under its purview, including

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, and traditional dress.Svenska Folkdansringen English language homepage
/ref> Folkdansringen was founded in 1920 as a national umbrella organization for Swedish

groups. The same year they began publishing the journal ''Folkdansringen''. In 1922, the organization changed its name to "Svenska Ungdomsringen för Bygdekultur" ("The Swedish Youth Ring for Village Culture"), or "Ungdomsringen" for short. The journal was retitled ''Hembygden'' ("The Home Village.") In 2005, the organization reverted to its original name, though the journal retains the title ''Hembygden''. Folkdansringen is also the institution behind the Zorn Trials, by which musicians can play for the title of National Folk Musician of

Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. It borders Norway to the west and north, and Finland to the east. At , Sweden is the largest Nordic count ...

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External links

Svenska Folkdansringen English language homepage.
Swedish folk music