Figure 1.-- Here we see Swedish school children on the way to school. Notice all the boys wear caps and long stockings with both knickers and short pants. The photograph is undated, but we would guess was taken in the early or mid-40s.
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Figure 1.-- Here we see Swedish school children on the way to school. Notice all the boys wear caps and long stockings with both knickers and short pants. The photograph is undated, but we would guess was taken in the early or mid-40s. |
Our information on Sweden is still quite limited. We suspect trends in Sweden were similar to those in other Scandinavian countries. As best we can tell, most Swedish boys in the early 20th century wore kneepants. After World war I we see boys wearing short pants, often with long stockings because of the climate. Older boys might wear knickers. After World War II we see more boys wearing long pants, but some boys still wore knickers into the 50s. Short pants became casual summerwear. Sweden of course is lovated at a northern lattiude and thus has a relatively short summer.
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