Swedish Boys' Clothes: Play



Figure 1.--Here we see Swedish boys having a good time on a school playground in 1939. It looks kike rugby without teams. The press caption read something like, "Pojkarna som rasa omkring en mullig kamrat plugga i Kristinaskolan vid Västra Nygalan." That translates something like, "The boys who rage around a possible comrade plug in Kristina's school at Western Galan." The school is located in Norrköping, a city located in eastern Sweden. It is about 160 km southwest of Stockholm.

Children of course love to play games. Our information on outdoor play in Sweden is still quite limited. We believe they played many of the same games that other European children played. We see Swedish boys playing a game that looks a bit like rugby, but without teams. We have, however, begun to add some information and images to our archive. We do not know much about specifically Swedish games. We note an old Viking game that is still played--Kubb. The game Kubb, a classic Viking game, is another popular game in Sweden. Kubb can be played with children as young 6 years old or so. You only ned a small number of players, three will do or a larger group can ply. The game is played by throwing sticks at a 'king'. The king can be any handy object. The children can play with a game they put together or niwadys prents cn purchase a Kubb game set. Indoor games include many European favorites. A popular Swedish game is Svea Rike (Rule Sweden). It is a card gane based on 300 years of Swedish history. It involves power plays and masterminding. A range of winter activities because of the climate are popular in Sweden. Popular activities include sleding, skiing, and skating. Yongr boys can enjoy sleding, but skiing and skating involve skills that only school age children cn dvelop. We note some Swedish children, mostly boys, enjoying bicycles. Until after World War II, the bike, however, was still mostly limited to children from families in comfortabke circumstances, meaning middle-class children. Most of the images we have found show boys riding bikes. Hopefully our Swedish readers will add some insights to thus section on outdoor play.








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Created: 12:35 AM 12/2/2018
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