Danish Schoolwear

Danish school children

Figure 1.--Here we see the 3rd grade pupils of Østrigsgades Skole (i.e. Austria Street School) in 1955. It is a Danish school located in København. It is a good example of boys' school clothing in the post-World War II era. Only one boy wears long trousers.

Denmark borders Germany and we thus see a lot of similarity between Danish and German schoolwear. Sailor suits were very popular in the early-20th century. Many boys wore knee pants and long stockings. After World War I, short pants and knee socks became more common. After World War II, short pants began to decline in popularity. Danish school children by the 1970s were wearing the same basic styles popular throughout Europe. A Danish reader tells us, "I can only supply with the information that only one or two very old boarding schools in Denmark demands a uniform. Danish pupils do not wear a school uniform. I think you may have forgotten our country." [HBC note: We have not forgotten about Denmark, but our site depends on readers to submit information on their own countries. So far Danish readers have provided HBC very information about their country.] At this time all we have is an unidentified class portrait taken during World War II in 1943. Here we see the 3rd grade pupils of Østrigsgades Skole (i.e. Austria Street School) in 1955. It is a Danish school located in København (figure 1). It is a good example of boys' school clothing in the post-World War II era. Only one boy wears long trousers. Most of the boy are wearing collared shirts, but one boy wears a t-shirt. The boys wear shoes with and without socks and sandals with and without socks. Apparently boys a girls were still taught in different classes.

Influences

Denmark borders Germany and we thus see a lot of similarity between Danish and German schoolwear.

Activities

We have begun to collect the information on activitioes at Danish schools. There are the same basic activities we see in schools throughout Europe. Danish schools as well as the schools throughout Scandanavia seem very similasr to German schools with the same activities. We have not yet been able to persue the subject of asctivities in detail because of our limited Danish archive. The schools seem highly academic, but we do notice sports, at least after World War II. Hopefully we can develop this section in detail as our Danish archive grows so we can understand the activities underway at Danish schools.

Garments

Sailor suits were very popular for Danish boys in the early-20th century. Many boys wore knee pants and long stockings. After World War I, short pants and knee socks became more common. After World War II, short pants began to decline in popularity.

Chronology

Danish school children by the 1970s were wearing the same basic styles popular throughout Europe.

School Types

A Danish reader tells us, "I can only supply with the information that only one or two very old boarding schools in Denmark demands a uniform. Danish pupils do not wear a school uniform. I think you may have forgotten our country." [HBC note: We have not forgotten about Denmark, but our site depends on readers to submit information on their own countries. So far Danish readers have provided HBC very information about their country.]

Individual Schools

Information on individual schools id very useful in developing an understanding of both fashion and education trends. At this time we have only limited informtion. We note an unidentified class portrait taken during World War II in 1943. Here we see the 3rd grade pupils of Østrigsgades Skole (i.e. Austria Street School) in 1955. It is a Danish school located in København (figure 1). It is a good example of boys' school clothing in the post-World War II era. Only one boy wears long trousers. Most of the boy are wearing collared shirts, but one boy wears a t-shirt. The boys wear shoes with and without socks and sandals with and without socks. Apparently boys a girls were still taught in different classes. We also have information from Gram which is a village in southern Denmark (Sønderjyllands County).





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