Dalkulla

Kulla is an older dialectal name for an unmarried woman, used often in most parts of Sweden around Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a name for women from Dalarna namely Dalkulla.[1][2] In the oldest known source from 1640 is the kulla synonymous with a woman. An older not married woman was called gammkulla while a married woman was called käring.[3] The male word is dalkarl or mas, provided from which part of Dalarna you were from.[4]

A kulla knitting, painting by Anders Zorn, 1901.

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