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  2. Dala horse - Wikipedia

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    The world's largest Dala horse, made of concrete and located in Avesta, Sweden. The world's largest Dala horse painting, painted by Shai Dahan in New York City 2019.. A Dala horse or Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia).

  3. Dalarna - Wikipedia

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    Dalarna is a region full of historical associations, and both its products and its people have strong local characteristics. [3] In the western district Lima, some people in villages speak a traditional dialect, Dalecarlian, while in Älvdalen, they speak Elfdalian, a dialect which is very distinct from Swedish, Norwegian or Danish. [8]

  4. Talk:Dala horse - Wikipedia

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    A general reference for the early production of dala horses can be found at www.dalahorse.info. The pages are in Swedish though, but google translate makes most of it intelligible. Since I am not sure what the policy is on references in another language I refrained from adding it. Feel free to add it if such references are ok.

  5. Mora, Minnesota - Wikipedia

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    Mora's Dalecarlian horse emulates the large Swedish horse. Mora is the home of a gigantic Dala horse, and a Mora clock commemorating the town's Swedish roots. Mora's sister city and namesake is Mora, Sweden, known for being the ending point of the Swedish Vasaloppet. They became sister cities in 1972 when the Dala horse was dedicated. [14]

  6. Kitchen Stories - Wikipedia

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    Isak volunteered for the program with the promise of a horse, but he only receives a dala horse, a little painted wooden statue. Isak stops using his kitchen and observes Folke through a hole in the ceiling instead. The two lonely men, observer and observed, slowly overcome the initial Norwegian-Swede and subject-observer distrust and become ...

  7. Dala - Wikipedia

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    Dala (game), a board game from Sudan; Dala horse, traditional Swedish wooden horse statuettes; Dala-fur sheep, a Swedish breed of sheep; The Hawaiian dollar, which was in circulation between 1847 and 1898; Dala Line, a single-track railway line in Sweden; Dala, a Cambrian crustacean from Sweden; See also. Betpak-Dala, a region in Kazakhstan

  8. Rose-painting - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish settlement of Lindsborg, Kansas is known for Dala horses among other celebrations of its heritage. [27] Currently, rose painting is still most common in the Upper Midwest. This is due to the fact that when Norwegians most heavily migrated between the 1840s and 1910s, they ended up living in the Upper Midwest.

  9. Stockholm Horse Show - Wikipedia

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    The Stockholm International Horse Show, also known as the Sweden International Horse Show, is an annual international horse show held in Stockholm, Sweden. [1] The show is held every year in November. It is the largest international equestrian indoor event in Sweden, together with the Gothenburg Horse Show.