Dala Horses

Dala Horses

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Anowar Hossain

Dala Horses- Swedish handmade Woodcrafts

Dala horses are beautiful and magnificent wooden handcrafts of Sweden. They are the modern-ancient handcrafts made of pinewood, hand curved and hand painted. The traditional dala horses are of bright red color with magnificent arts of other different colors. The eye flashing view of art skills and color combination make them unique, they are a class of their own.

Dala horses have been existed as a Swedish traditional handcraft for more than 300 of years and remains still as one of the oldest handcrafts in Sweden, even in Europe. Dala horses are well known internationally. They became famous in Europe after the exhibition held in Paris in the seventies because of their detailed fine artistic paintings.

The Nils Olsson’s Workshop in the province Dalarna, is the oldest and famous producer of Swedish horses, still today making the Swedish dala, which has become a tourist attraction now. The whole province is famous for producing wooden horses and other wooden animal products.

The Swedish dala makers using the same skills and hand work still today as they had used for 300 years ago to keep the elegant tradition in life generation to generations.

The Swedish pride dala horses are even known as Swedish horses and Swedish dala etc. The long cold winter in the past days inspired the Swedish men to make these wonderful wooden hand works. In the old days children used to play with these wooden horses, but now it is tradition in Sweden to reveal Dala horses in high times and occasions in households as decorative. It is also tradition here to buy dala horses as sovereign gifts for close friends and relatives, also a prestigious matter.

The traditional red Swedish dalecarlian horses are also produced in other colors like blue, black, even natural colors which reveal the beauty of souvenirs. The other old hand crafts of the producers are wooden animals, like cock- hens and wooden clock are as elegant and sovereign as Swedish horses. The province Dalarna is famous for producing the wooden horses. Swedish dala is a pride of Swedish tradition which has survived many years because of its magnificent hand work and art skills.

If someone is interested in genuine things as presents then buy wooden handcrafts, they are of priority in that sense, “The dalar horses”.

Swedish wooden handmade dala horse is one of the most favourite gifts among Sweds even many Euro American. There are multiple sizes of this Horse that suits to all ages from Children to Old grand parents.

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