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A torp (Swedish pronunciation:) is a type of cottage emblematic of the Swedish countryside. It comes from the Old Norse þorp. In modern usage, it is the classic Swedish summer house, a small cottage painted in Falu red and white, [1] and evidence of the way in which urbanization came quite late to all of Scandinavia.
The Brooklyn Museum's 1954 "Design in Scandinavia" exhibition launched "Scandinavian Modern" furniture on the American market. [1]Scandinavian design is a design movement characterized by simplicity, minimalism and functionality that emerged in the early 20th century, and subsequently flourished in the 1950s throughout the five Nordic countries: Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland.
Gold jewellery from the 10th century Hiddensee treasure, mixing Norse pagan and Christian symbols. Pair of "tortoise brooches," which were worn by married Viking women. Viking art, also known commonly as Norse art, is a term widely accepted for the art of Scandinavian Norsemen and Viking settlements further afield—particularly in the British Isles and Iceland—during the Viking Age of the ...
Make sure to look for plenty of neutrals and soft colors, androgynous designs and easy-to-layer pieces when you’re channelin Scandinavian Style Is Trending — Shop 17 Picks to Nail the ...
aquavit, "a clear Scandinavian liquor flavored with caraway seeds" [6] brisling, "sprat" [7] fjord, "a narrow inlet of the sea between cliffs or steep slopes" [8] flense, "to strip of blubber or skin" [9] floe, "floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water" [10]
During the period, many Swedish artists moved to continental Europe. A representative of the rococo was Gustaf Lundberg. His technique was long dominant in the Swedish portrait arts, and he is represented at the Louvre and the National Museum and Art Academy. The French painter Guillaume Taraval was called upon to decorate the Royal Palace.
Ester Honig, a human interest reporter, sent out a photograph of herself to 40 different photo editors in 25 different countries and gave them a single task -- to make her look beautiful.
Swedish culture is an offshoot of the Norse culture which dominated southern Scandinavia in prehistory.Sweden was the last of the Scandinavian countries to be Christianised, with pagan resistance apparently strongest in Svealand, where Uppsala was an old and important ritual site as evidenced by the tales of Uppsala temple.