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Dalarna
Dalarna (; ), also referred to by the English exonyms Dalecarlia and the Dales, is a (historical province) in central Sweden.
dalecarlian horse
traditional carved, painted wooden horse statuette
Övdalian
thumb|Maps of settlements in Älvdalen parish, Sweden, and the percentage of the population speaking Övdalian (2008 data)
Falu red
color
Falukorv
thumb|200px|Fried falukorv
Dalecarlian
group of dialects spoken in Dalecarlia, Sweden

rosemaling
thumb|Rose painting with floral paintings in a traditional design
Rose-painting, ', or is a Scandinavian decorative folk painting that flourished from the 1700s to the mid-1800s, particularly in Norway. In Sweden, rose-painting began to be called , c. 1901, for the region Dalecarlia where it had been most popular, and ', in the 1920s, for a characteristic trait, but in Norway the old name still predominates beside terms for local variants. Rose-painting was used to decorate church walls and ceilings. It then spread to wooden items commonly used in daily life, such as ale bowls, stools, chairs,
Dalecarlian runes
runic script alphabet of the Dalecarlian written language
Karin by the shore
watercolor by Carl Larsson