↟ Norway, 1907 🇧🇻
To cover larger distances during the winter half year and especially while hunting, cross-country skiing was common. There is proven that the Native Scandinavian people went cross-country skiing for over 5,000 years ago.

Skiing as a sport emerged during the 18th century, mainly in the Nordic countries, and has become one of Norway's most popular sports. Skiing has also been mentioned in Old Norse Mythology and since the Viking Age, and is even depicted on some rock carvings and rune stones. The oldest preserved image of a skier (possibly Ullr) is found at the Böksta runestone in Balingsta, Uppland in Sweden.

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↟ Forbönderna - Farmers on a journey ↟

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Varje år i staden Røros, Norge hålls en traditionsenlig vintermarknad som förr -och än idag betraktas som en av Nordens största marknader dit Forbönderna kom. År 1855 anlände flera tusen skandinaver för att sälja eller byta varor som skinn, hantverk, salt, lin och djur.

Förr i tiden levde man av det som gården gav, men några saker behövde man byta till sig. Därför reste bönderna ofta tillsammans vintertid med häst och släde på så kallade Forböndesresor. Ordet 'for' kommer från fornsvenskan och dess betydelse är färd. Nordsvensk var den hästras som var mest förekommande på dessa forböndesresor. En kraftfull och tålig hästras med perfekt lynne för det nordiska klimatet.

I början av 1900-talet nådde landsvägar och järnvägar längre ut i bygderna och snön blev därav inte lika viktig att... - fortsättning i kommentar nedan ⬇️

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Native Scandinavian mother in traditional folk costume from Västerbotten, Sweden 🇸🇪

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↟ Skaði - The mythical goddess of the Northern wilderness ↟

❄️ She hunts in the mountains of Scandes with a bow and cross-country skis, and sometimes Skaði is associated with the winter dís. Living among frost giants in Trymheim and Jotunheim, and the giant Tjasse is her father.

❄ In Norse mythology the story goes that she came to Asgard to avenge her father, the giant Tjasse who was killed by the gods of Asgard. Instead of revenge the gods offered her a compensation - she would marry one of them. To do so, she had to choose by looking at their feet while they're lined up behind a cloth.

❄ Skaði wanted to marry the god of light Baldr, and thought that the most beautiful feet must be his. But it was not, those feet belonged to the god of the sea; Njord. The marriage was not successful, Njord wanted to live by the sea in his dwelling Noatun. Skaði wanted... - continues in comment below ⬇️

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↟ This is Scandinavia ↟
The North, The land and the people beyond the Northern Wind, Thule, Hyperborea - Scandinavia has since ancient times been mythical and unexplored.

❄ Scandinavians was first mentioned by the greek historian Herodotos, who writes about Aristeas -a poet who lived 700BC. He told he had ventured the North which he called Hyperborea, and met the people who he called "Hyperboreans" or "The people North of the northern Wind". This people is described to be quite tall with light skin and hair. They lived with harsh winters and decended from the northern wind itself, and are identified as today's native Scandinavians.

❄ Herodotos mention a snow nymph whom also decended from the northern wind -Skaði from Old Norse mythology. Skaði is the mythical goddess of the wilderness who hunts in the Scandinavian mountains Scandes, with a bow and...- continues in comment below ⬇️

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