Video link: https://youtu.be/i9w3SVX14KA

And I do mean very brief. I don’t even get into the bizarre creation that is “Nationalen”, or the chaos that happened mid-20th century. Nevertheless, I do hope you enjoy this little introduction. Especially (perhaps?) all the pretty pictures, because word knows, there are so many gorgeous bunads in Norway, I could only fit in a small fraction!

Resources:

• Troll drawing by Theodor Kittelsen
• [1] Three girls with bikes from Setesdal
• [2] Male farmer from Voss, Johan F. L. Dreier, c. 1800-1833
• [3] Female farmer from Voss, Johan F. L. Dreier, c. 1800-1833
• [4] Bride from Fana, Johan F. L. Dreier, c. 1800-1833
• [5] Queen Maud’s Hardanger bunad from 1906
• [6] Some history around Queen Maud and the bunad, in English further down on the page!
• [7] Two women dressed in garments from Hallingdal in Buskerud
• [8] Stakk from Telemark
• [9] Newer stakk from Telemark with embroidery
• [10] Video by Klara Semb herself, showing different hairstyles/headdresses for married and unmarried women in Hallingdal and Voss
• [11] Married couple sitting on chairs in East-Tememark bunad somewhere between 1877 and 1911
• [12] Stocking from Telemark
• [14] Stocking from Telemark
• [15] Stocking from Telemark
• [16] Needlebound mitten from Notodden, Telemark for “church wear”
• [17] Black needlebound mitten from Bø, Telemark
• [18] Green knitted mitten
• [19] Needlebound mittens from Hitterdal from c. 1727
• [20] Bringeklut and pocket embroidery on which the embroidery of the Nordlandsbunad is based
• [21] Pocket
• [22] Pocket
• [23] Pocket
• [24] Pocket
• [25] Pocket

Examples of Norwegian folk dance:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kvykIQrgOE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxhNWYTUiQQ

List of Norwegian bunads by category

Short article about Hulda Garborg, also in English (further down the page)

Silk found in the Oseberg Viking ship burial

Reading (All Norwegian. Begging your pardon. It is what it is 🤷):

• Norsk Bunadleksikon – Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen
• https://bunadogfolkedrakt.no/bunadhistoria
• https://bunad-magasinet.no/utgaver/2018/1-2018/arven-etter-anne-bamble https://snl.no/Hulda_Garborg
• https://nbl.snl.no/Klara_Semb https://snl.no/Anne_Bamle
• https://mia.no/askermuseum/om-arne-og-hulda-garborg
• https://www.bunadsaum.no/vare-bunader/nord-tronderbunad-/bunadens-historie https://bunad-magasinet.no/utgaver/2019/2-2019/kva-er-ein-bunad