Jämthund
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The Jämthund, also called the Swedish Elkhound, is a breed of dog of the Spitz type that is found in Northern Europe. The Jämthund is eponymous with Jämtland, a province in the middle of Sweden.
Key facts
- Dog breed.name
- Jämthund
- Dog breed.image
- Swedish Elkhound.jpg
- Dog breed.altname
- Swedish ElkhoundJämptlanninpystykorva
- Dog breed.country
- Sweden
- Dog breed.coat
- Long, hard and close lying double coat
- Dog breed.colour
- Grey with light grey or cream muzzle, underside and legs
- Dog breed.kc_name
- Svenska Kennelklubben
- Dog breed.kc_std
- https://www.skk.se/globalassets/dokument/rasstandarder/standard-jamthund-fci42.pdf
- Dog breed.fcistd
- http://www.fci.be/Nomenclature/Standards/042g05-en.pdf
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Encyclopedic overview
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The Jämthund, also called the Swedish Elkhound, is a breed of dog of the Spitz type that is found in Northern Europe. The Jämthund is eponymous with Jämtland, a province in the middle of Sweden.
==History== The Jämthund is one of a number of breeds of spitz-type hunting dogs that have been known throughout Scandinavia for centuries. Historically these dogs have been used to hunt a wide variety of game including bear, elk, wolf and lynx.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jämthund” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.