R.001-01 Folkdräkt, Skåne (1901)

R.001-01  Folk Costume, Skåne (1901)

Skånsk Skördebild. (Harvest picture from Skåne.)

Postmark: Sörby 31.12.1901
To: Miss Gerda Ekman, B Wilander, Sörby

Godt nytt år! Tillönskas av B. Fredriksson

Happy New Year! from B. Fredriksson

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The previous post G007.3 (Folkdräkt, Jösse Härad) from Gustav’s postcard album reminded me of this card I’d seen in his sister Gerda’s album – also a harvest picture and with folk costumes, but from a different part of Sweden (Skåne, the most southern province).

There seems to be only four cards in Gerda’s card collection from before she went to America, and I thought I’ll insert those here before I go on with Gustav’s album.

These four cards confirm that around New Year and Easter 1902 Gerda was staying with her older sister Emma and family at Sörby near Falköping. (Emma’s husband was Brynolf Wilander.)

G.007-3 Folkdräkt, Jösse Härad (1902)

G.007.3. Folk Costume, Jösse Härad, Värmland

SVERIGE, provins: VÄRMLAND, JÖSSE HÄRAD

Datum: 6.6 1902
Till/to: Herr Gustaf Ekman, Storegården, Fristad
From: Hildur N.

Mottag de rikligaste hälsningar på namnsdagen 6/6 02.
Hildur N. (?)

Ännu en namnsdagsgratulation på Gustaf-dagen 1902.
Vem Hildur är som skickat kortet vet jag inte, och poststämpel framgår inte heller. Jag tror att initalen i efternamnet är N. (Det är i alla fall knappast från Gustafs styvsyster med samma namn, som år 1902 bara var 10 år.)

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In English

Another message of congratulations to Gustaf on his name day, 6 June, 1902 – see footnote 2 in the previous post 7.2. I have no clue to who Hildur is who sent the card, but it is a girl’s name.

Folk costumes were popular in the 19th century, and each part of the country had its own. The card shows the costumes for Jösse Härad, part of the province of Värmland.