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Swedish girls seem to wear the same basic garments as neigboring countries. We do not yet have much information on Swedish grls, our archive is very limited. The only destinctive styles we see are folk outfits. The primsary carry over to popular modern styles are caps. Unless a photograph is identified, we have no way of knowing if it is Swedish or even Scananavian. German styles seem especially important in Sweden. This presumably affects cultural ties as well as a very large German fashion industry. Swedish girls wore dresses. We do not seen a significant shift until World War II which was the general pattern in Europe and America.
Headwear was common in the 19th century throughout Europe . This began to decline in the 20th century except for winterwear. Most children wore headwear when the weather turned cold. This was especially the case in Svabndanavia where because of the northerly location, the weather was colder and winter persisted longer than in southerrn Europe. We see all kinds of winter headwear, including berets, stocking caps, fur lined hoods, amd other styles. Hats were somewhat less common for winterwear because wide brims had the habit of fly off in gusts of wind.
We do not yet have a sunstantial Swedish archive. We are just beginning our assessment of skirted garments. What little we have shows Swedish girls wearing dresses in the 19th and much of the 20th century, especially the first half. We do not now much about other skirted outfits like blouses and skirts. We do not have enough images yet to assess styles or other trends. As far as we know, skirted garment trends in Sweden were simikar to te rest of Scadanavia as well as Germany. We note a a CDV portrait of a yonger girl wering a sailor-styled dress in the late-19th century Her outfit inck=ludes a decorated hat with black long-stockings and high-top shoes.
Children until recently did not have large wardrobes unless thaey came from well-to-do families until after World War II. This was especially true of casual sport clothes. There were two exceptions here. Girls going to seconday schools would have gym uniforms. This might be a middy bloue and bloomer pants in the late-19th and early-20th century. Romper suits were popular in the inte-War era. Children also cpmmonly had swimsuits. Boys often swam without suits. We think this was less common for girls. We see several different types of swim suits. The water was a bit nippy in the Baltic. A Sweden has a short summer. Even so swimming was very populat, both at ummer camps and beches and swiming facilities near the major cities. After World War II as the economy improved chuildren began to have more extensive, modern casual wardrobes.
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