Dalkulla

Dalkulla

Dalkulla

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Kulla (plural kullor[1]) is an older dialectal name for an unmarried woman, used often in most region of Sweden in the vicinity of Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a term for a woman from Dalarna ("dalkulla").[2][3]

A kulla knitting, painting by Anders Zorn, 1901.

In the oldest known source from 1640, kulla is synonymous with "woman." An older, unmarried woman is referred to as gammkulla, while a married woman is referred to as käring.[4]

The male equivalent is dalkarl or mas.[5]

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  1. [1]
    Svenska Akademiens ordböcker. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Engelsman söker dalkulla". dt.se. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  3. [3]
    Grimsrud, Beate (10 May 2012). Har någon sett mig någon annanstans?. ISBN 9789100129354. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  4. [4]
    Almqvist, Carl Jonas Love (1840). "Svensk Språklära". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
  5. [5]
    Haskel, Karl (1987). "Ännu en envis dalkarl som snabbt nådde samma höjder som Zorn". Retrieved 30 May 2015.
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