Sweden part 4 - Dalarna

 Dalarna county, where we were visiting, is known for folk art.  Here's the history of Dala horse, which is probably the most well-known of the handicrafts HERE.  On the drive back down towards Stockholm, we stopped at the Nils Olsson Dala horse factory  

We each bought more Dala horses than it makes sense for two people to buy, but I loved it.  

Here's the outside of the factory/store

Here you can kind of see how the horses are made.  look closely at the wood - the horses are drawn on the wood. 

This is a picture of the room with artists painting the horses, but I didn't want to take a picture of the actual artists (there were 2 or 3 there).  Here is the variety of horses. 

This display was a bunch of Dala horses through the ages.