Swedish Boys' Garments: Skirted Garments



Figure 1.--This Swedish wears a white sailor tunic. If we did not know he was a boy living near Stockholm, we woulkd have no idea that he was a Swedish boy.

Swedish boys like boys in other European countries wore a variety of skirted garments when younger. We have, however, very little information on skirted garments in Sweden. As far as we know at this time, the styles are very similar to styles in other European countries, but this will have to be determined when we develop a larger archive of Swedish images. The images we have collected show very similar styles to those we have noted in other countries. We note Swedish boys wearing dresses and tunics. Younger boys in the 19th century commonly wore dresses. The sailor tunic suit here looks indestinguishable from those we have seen in other countries (figure 1). The tunic suit here is agood example. We have not, however, yet noted kilts. We are unsure about smocks and pinafores at this time. We do not know if there were any specific Swedish garments or styles.

Dresses

Younger boys in the 19th century commonly wore dresses.

Tunics

We do not know much about tunics in the early 19th century. One portrait from prrhaps the 1870s shows a Swedish boy wearing a very short striped tunic jacket with matching long pants. We have never seen a tunic suit quite like it. We are not sure how common such suits were in Sweden. We note that tunics were very common at the turn of the 20th century. The tunic suit here is agood example. The sailor tunic suit here looks indestinguishable from those we have seen in other countries (figure 1).

Kilts

We have not, however, yet noted kilts.

Smocks

We are unsure about smocks at this time.

Pinafores

We do not have any information on the 19h century at this time. We assume girls commonly wore pinafores in the lsate 9th century. We are not sure about boys. We note yonger boys in the early 20th century wearing pinafores for ply to protect their clothes, We are not sure how common this was, but the photographic record shows that they were worn. We do not know if there were any specific Swedish garments or styles. The styles we have seen look rather like the ply pinsafores we have noted in Germany.








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Created: 2:20 AM 8/28/2005
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