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Sailor suits were popular in Sweden as in the rest of Scandinavia. Perhaps they were not as popular as in Denmark, but the popularity and time line seems relarively similar througout Scandinavia. We're not sure why sailor suits were so popular in Scandinavia. One factor may have been the influence of Germany. Scandinavia countries also had a strong maritime tradition. We have little informnation on Swedish sailor suits at this time. Thus we can not yet assess chronological stylistic, and other trends. Boys at the turn of the 20th century were wearing kneepants sailor suits with long stockings. But we also notice long pants sailor suits. Here we see a boy with the other children in his small school that were graduating from primary school (6th grade) in 1937. He wears a long pants sailor suit with fashonable styling. The children no doubt dressed up in some of their best clothes for the occassion. It is interesting that this boy's dress up outfit is a sailor suit. We are not sure about the color. The suit itself was probably navy blue. The collar could have been light blue or even red.
Sailor suits were popular in Sweden as in the rest of Scandinavia. Perhaps they were not as popular as in Denmark, but the popularity and time line seems relarively similar througout Scandinavia. We're not sure why sailor suits were so popular in Scandinavia. One factor may have been the influence of Germany. Scandinavia countries may not have had strong navies in the 20th centuty, but they had strong maritime traditions and merchant marines.
We have little chrnological information on Swedish sailor suits at this time. Our 19th century Swedish archive is very limited. Only when we get to the 20th entury do we habe any mnumber of sailor suit images. Thus we can not yet assess chronological trends. We do have a number of 20th century impages, mostly quite traditional styles. It looks to us like sailor suits persistsed in Sweden a little longer in Sweden than America and other European countries.
We see Swedish and other Sandinavian boys wearing very traditionally styled sailor suits. The major ingluence ws German. Of course England ws the intial source, but German fashions had a major impact throughout the region. The boy here is an exception (figure 1), most Swedish boys wore traditional styles.
We notice Swedish boys wearing a range of sailor garments. Many boys wore sailor suits without the matching headwear. We note both sailor caps and hats, although we rarely see sailot hats after Workd War I. We see sailor blouses done in manyv different styles and colors as well as stripped and solid colored blouses and pants. They were commonly worn with scarves. Boys at the turn of the 20th century were commonly wearing kneepants sailor suits, often with with long stockings. Black long stovkings seemed common. But we also notice long pants sailor suits.
Here we see a boy with the other children in his small school that were graduating from primary school (6th grade) in 1937 (figure 1). He wears a long pants sailor suit with fashonable styling. The children no doubt dressed up in some of their best clothes for the occassion. It is interesting that this boy's dress up outfit is a sailor suit. We are not sure about the color. The suit itself was probably navy blue. The collar could have been light blue or even red.
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