The Hardanger bunad is probably the national costume that has the longest association with the Norwegian royal family. Princess Maud of Wales received a costume as a present from the city of Bergen in 1893, when she visited the area. The photograph was later turned into postcards. (An article in Bergens Tidende from 1906 says that… Continue reading The Hardanger bunad and the Norwegian royals
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The Norwegian royals and the Asker bunad
The Crown Prince and his family reside at Skaugum, which is a farm in Asker municipality, just south-west of Oslo. This have been a tradition since the 20s. The Asker bunad is based on a patterned cloth that was woven at the vicarage in Asker in 1807. The bunad feature the replicated cloth either in… Continue reading The Norwegian royals and the Asker bunad
Mette-Marit’s Jelsa bunad
Jelsa is a small town in South West Norway. It’s a minimum 3 hour drive (depending on ferries) from Norway’s 4th largest city. View Larger Map Jelsa is interesting in this context only because Crown Princess Mette-Marit has a national costume from there. Last week, I talked about how the wearer of the bunads tend… Continue reading Mette-Marit’s Jelsa bunad
The Telemark bunad
In theory, to wear a Norwegian national costume, (a bunad), you should have some relationship with the place the bunad comes from. Either with an ancestor from the area or living in the area yourself. Or sometimes, gifting to a royal, it is good PR when the royal is photographed in it. “The red jacket… Continue reading The Telemark bunad
Norwegian royal family and their national costumes (#20)
2014 is the bicentenary of the Norwegian constitution. For a short period of time, in 1814, the Norwegian people chose to liberate themselves from foreign powers, elected a king, wrote a constitution, and then promptly were put in an union with Sweden. Until 1905. When we did it all again. Over the coming year, since… Continue reading Norwegian royal family and their national costumes (#20)