Dala horse

E203463

The Dala horse is a traditional carved and painted wooden horse from Sweden, widely recognized as a national folk art icon and symbol of Swedish heritage.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Dala horse canonical 3
Twente horse 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural symbol
folk art object
traditional Swedish wooden horse
associatedWithRegion Dalarna
countryOfOrigin Sweden
displayedAt Swedish gift shops
homes in Sweden
tourist centers in Dalarna
hasCulturalSignificance national folk art icon of Sweden
symbol of Swedish heritage
hasHistoricalOriginPeriod 17th century
hasHistoricalOriginRegion rural Sweden
hasManufacturingStep decorative detailing
painting
priming
sanding
wood carving
hasMaterial wood
hasProductionCenter Mora
Nusnäs
hasStyle folk art
hasSymbolicMeaning good luck
loyalty
strength
hasTypicalMotifOrigin biblical kurbits painting tradition
hasVariant black Dala horse
blue Dala horse
natural wood Dala horse
unpainted Dala horse
white Dala horse
isAssociatedWith Scandinavian design
Swedish handicraft
Swedish tourism
isCarved true
isHandmade true
isMarketedAs symbol of Sweden abroad
isPainted true
namedAfter Dalarna
represents horse
typicalColor red
typicalDecoration floral motifs
kurbitz pattern
scroll patterns
typicalPaintType oil-based paint
water-based paint
usedAs decorative object
gift
national symbol
souvenir

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Swedes culturalSymbol Dala horse
Dalarna knownFor Dala horse
Dalarna traditionalSymbol Dala horse
Twente hasSymbol Dala horse
this entity surface form: Twente horse