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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 (Swedish: dalahäst) or Dalecarlian horse is a traditional carved, painted wooden statue of a horse originating in the Swedish province of Dalarna (Dalecarlia).
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 ]
There is a Dala Horse in front of the Scandia, MN fire department, painted like a Dalmatian (a common fire dept mascot). Not certain that it's entirely relevant to the culture, though. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.153.247.93 ( talk ) 05:09, 15 September 2010 (UTC) [ reply ]
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In 2011–2012, following a large influx of Islamic immigrants coming to Sweden, neo-nazi [25] Ingrid Carlqvist criticized the government's open approach and described the refugees as "dangerous"; many colleagues and politicians accused her of racism and hate speech, and as an answer she founded the Swedish branch of the Danish Free Press ...
Dala (band), a Canadian music duo; 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
Du gamla, du fria [a] ('Thou Olden, Thou Free'), from its first verse, originally titled Sång till Norden [b] ('Song to the North'), is the de facto national anthem of Sweden. Its music is based on a Swedish folk tune with lyrics written by Swedish antiquarian Richard Dybeck in 1844.
At 7.3kg (16 lb) the Bronze Horse is the heaviest film award in the world. It is also a paraphrase of a national design icon, the Swedish Dala horse, and was created by artist Fredrik Swärd. The following films have received the top honour at the festival, the 7.3 kg Bronze Horse statute for best film. [3]