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One symbol for Dalarna and nowadays also for Sweden is the Dala horse. The one and only world famous wooden horses are made in Nusnäs, near Mora, by the Olsson family. The dala horse has been made for over 350 years and sold all over the world. In earlier times, various children's toys were carved out of wood during the long winter evenings as a cottage industry. This is how the Dalarna horses came into being, in all sizes and colors. The symbol has become popular because during the 1939 World's Fair in New York, people wanted an eye-catcher for the entrance to the Swedish pavilion. This became a very large, wooden horse of 2 meters high. There were so many enthusiastic reactions to this that small replicas of this horse were started on a large scale. After that, many variants of these horses have been made to this day. They come in all sizes Price Mint condition is a horse of 2.30 - 80 - 90 cm at Stockholm airport - May 2015 The horse is still largely cut out of wood by hand and painted entirely by hand. As a result, no horse is the same. The production process was designed by the Olsson family - Mora - Sweden
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