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Man in national costume
Photographic print, by Hélčne Sofie Edlund, c. 1880–1907
Nordic Museum, Stockholm
 

A man wears a regional Swedish folk costume, known as a folkdräkt, consisting of a traditional top hat and a tailored, waist-length jacket. The ensemble represents the distinctive cultural identity and festive tailoring traditions of a specific Swedish province or parish and reflects dress worn for formal occasions.