Lopapeysa

The Iceland sweaters, icelandic Lopapeysa, in the parlance often referred to as Norwegian sweater, Norwegian sweater or short Norwegians, is a coarse knitted, usually manufactured from sheep's wool, garment, which has its origins in Scandinavia.

In fact, the origins of the garment and the patterns are indeed in the north, but not in Norway. Rather, Iceland, the Faroe Islands and the Shetland Islands are the home of this multi-colored and multi-filament knitted pattern. It must therefore be distinguished from the Norwegian sweater in the strict sense of the classic Iceland sweaters, which is characterized by its round yoke and is knitted in one piece. The tradition of Iceland sweater emerged in the early 20th century, as attempts have been made with a thicker wool. The first article with these experiments was published in 1923 in a known Handarbeitsheft in Iceland.

Because of its origin, this garment is there dialect also somewhat misleading called " The Dankse Pulover " ( in this slightly different spelling)

Widely used in Germany found the Norwegian sweater or Iceland in the wake of ecology and alternative movement in the 1970s. Coarse -knitted sweaters made ​​of natural materials were particularly highly valued and were part of the dress code. Due to the thick, coarse wool and more wintry motifs of the Norwegian - Iceland or sweater is a typical garment for the winter because it keeps very warm.