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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 ]
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
The Dala-fur (Dala pälsfår, Swedish) is a breed of domestic sheep originating in Sweden. The Dala-fur is one of several sheep breeds that are remnants of the old Swedish landrace breed, and is one of the Northern European short-tailed sheep breeds.
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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]
Västmanlands-Dala nation, mostly referred to only as V-Dala, is one of the 13 student nations at Uppsala University in Sweden.The nation, intended for students from the provinces of Dalarna and Västmanland – these provinces making up most of the diocese of Västerås – was founded in 1639.