Figure 1.-- Here we see a Stockholm street scene during 1959. Note the boy here preparing to stand on his head is wearing knickers. Swedish boys still wore knickers in the 1950s. They look like long pant, but are in fact ankle-length knickers. |
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Our information on Swedish boys garments is very limited. We note many boys wearing military-style caps to school. Sailor caps were also worn. Many Swedish boys wore sailor suits as in the rest of Scandinavia, but perhaps not as common as in Denmark. The time line seems generally comparable throughout Scandanavia. At the turn of the 20th century, kneepats were common. We see boys in the 20th century wearing knickers and long pants. Short pants were worn diring the short Summer season, but were not as common as in some other European countries. We rarely see Swedish boys wearing H-bar pants. Swedish boys beginning in the late 1930s begin wearing plaid shirts, which I suspect may be due to the influence of American
cowboy movies. Boys beginning about 1945-50 began wearing T-shirts and jeans. That would seem to be another American influence. I'm less sure about how the American fashion impact arroved in Sweden other than the movies. Knickers were cimmonly worn in Sweden, even into the 1950s. Then in the 1950s you see boys in blue jeans. For some reason they liked to roll up the cuffs until their jeans were knicker length, maybe because that's a good length for trousers when one does a lot of cross-country skiing. Long stockings were common in the early w0th century.
We note many boys wearing military-style caps to school. Sailor caps were also worn.
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, byt have not noted kilts. We are unsure about smocks and pinafores at this time. We do not knowif there were any specific Swedish garments or styles.
We do not yet have much information on Swedish casual clothing. We note pre-school Swedish boys wearing rompers. Some were done with Swedish ethnic detailing.
Many Swedish boys wore sailor suits as in the rest of Scandinavia, but perhaps not as common as in Denmark. The time line seems generally comparable throughout Scandanavia.
At the turn of the 20th century, kneepats were common. As late as the 1920s, boys were wearing short pants that were not much different than knee pants. We see boys in the 20th century wearing knickers and long pants. Short pants were worn diring the short Summer season, but were not as common as in some other European countries. We rarely see Swedish boys wearing H-bar pants. Swedish boys beginning in the late 1930s begin wearing plaid shirts, which I suspect may be due to the influence of American cowboy movies. Boys beginning about 1945-50 began wearing T-shirts and jeans. That would seem to be another American influence. I'm less sure about how the American fashion impact arroved in Sweden other than the movies. Knickers were cimmonly worn in Sweden, even into the 1950s. Then in the 1950s you see boys in blue jeans. For some reason they liked to roll up the cuffs until their jeans were knicker length, maybe because that's a good length for trousers when one does a lot of cross-country skiing.
We note Swedish boys wearing "T"-shirts in the 1950s.
Long stockings were common in the early 20th century. A good example is a Stockholm boy wearing a white sailor gtunic in the early 20th century. Gradually kneesocks and then ankle socks became more common. We still see long stockings being worn in the 1940s. We also notice Swedish boys wearing kneesocks. Boys by the 1950s seem to be mostly wearing short socks.
We have not yet begun to address Swedish bpys' footwear in any detail. We note one image of a Swedish boy wearing double-bar sandals, probably in the 1910s.
We know very little about Swedish underwear at this time. We suspect that trends in Sweden and the rest of Scandinavia were very similar to those in Germany. Younger children at the turn of the 20th century would have worn very similar styles.
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