The front say “Norge”, so it is most likely made in – or at least sold in – Norway. [Skreia](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Skreia) is a small village in Østre Toten.
It’s not a typical souvenir – you happen to know the backstory of it?
Yes, it looks very Norwegian with a typical pattern called Rosemaling “rose painting” – I think. “Skreia” could be the small town of Skreia on Toten. How did you come across it? Norge is how we say Norway
Yes. It’s from a place called “Skreia”, just south across Mjøsa (the lake) of Hamar. Should find it quickly on google maps.
Are the little dolls part of it? Or were they added later?
They are the Dutch Twins, from BigMouth 😂
It does look like its made here, or it is atleast a very fine replica.
Well chests like that were pretty common a few decades ago, tho that’s only a mini one, my grandma has a big one looking almost just like it
I had a similar chest as a kid, just without any text on it. I had doll’s clothes in it at some point. Not sure where I got it, I had it from before I was 3 years old. It probably originally belonged to my mother. I’m Norwegian in case you wonder OP.
I think I have seen chests like these used to keep bunadssølv – silver jewellery to use with Norwegian traditional costumes (bunad).
This is Norwegian rose painting, wich is an old (as the name says) Norwegian art form. The front says “Norge” wich is Norwegian for Norway. The wood seems to be Norwegian birch (possibly Norwegian oak) and from the paint it’s pretty well made, but not perfect so I’m guessing (based on several factors, such as the paint loss and the current look of the wood) its possibly from 60’s-early 80’s.
Definitely Norwegian by the skill and selection of flower, and the colour it’s probably from Nordland I’d say maybe vary north, like Lofoten or very south almost Telemark, but it’s difficult to know (I don’t know what flower it is specifically)
How did you acquire it? (The dolls are a later edition that has nothing to do with the box)
Edit: question is the sides blue or green? That might wildly change the location
Edit 2: I didn’t notice the very obvious village name🤦♂️ plus some more look into the colour proves I’m an idiot
It could be that it was not a souvenir, but that she made it during school. I definitively remmember having rosemaling painting as a kid in school in tje 90’s. and if she was older and from a smaller village it would make even more sense as the teachers there are/where more interested in keeping traditions like that
A typical “skrin” is what it looks like too me ^^
Isn’t it written in Icelandic “skreið” is dried fish in Icelandic and we call norway 🇳🇴 also NORGE. I believe the lady might be Icelandic and it was her dried fish box.
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The front say “Norge”, so it is most likely made in – or at least sold in – Norway. [Skreia](https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Skreia) is a small village in Østre Toten.
It’s not a typical souvenir – you happen to know the backstory of it?
Yes, it looks very Norwegian with a typical pattern called Rosemaling “rose painting” – I think. “Skreia” could be the small town of Skreia on Toten. How did you come across it? Norge is how we say Norway
Yes. It’s from a place called “Skreia”, just south across Mjøsa (the lake) of Hamar. Should find it quickly on google maps.
Are the little dolls part of it? Or were they added later?
They are the Dutch Twins, from BigMouth 😂
It does look like its made here, or it is atleast a very fine replica.
Well chests like that were pretty common a few decades ago, tho that’s only a mini one, my grandma has a big one looking almost just like it
I had a similar chest as a kid, just without any text on it. I had doll’s clothes in it at some point. Not sure where I got it, I had it from before I was 3 years old. It probably originally belonged to my mother. I’m Norwegian in case you wonder OP.
I think I have seen chests like these used to keep bunadssølv – silver jewellery to use with Norwegian traditional costumes (bunad).
This is Norwegian rose painting, wich is an old (as the name says) Norwegian art form. The front says “Norge” wich is Norwegian for Norway. The wood seems to be Norwegian birch (possibly Norwegian oak) and from the paint it’s pretty well made, but not perfect so I’m guessing (based on several factors, such as the paint loss and the current look of the wood) its possibly from 60’s-early 80’s.
Definitely Norwegian by the skill and selection of flower, and the colour it’s probably from Nordland I’d say maybe vary north, like Lofoten or very south almost Telemark, but it’s difficult to know (I don’t know what flower it is specifically)
How did you acquire it? (The dolls are a later edition that has nothing to do with the box)
Edit: question is the sides blue or green? That might wildly change the location
Edit 2: I didn’t notice the very obvious village name🤦♂️ plus some more look into the colour proves I’m an idiot
It could be that it was not a souvenir, but that she made it during school. I definitively remmember having rosemaling painting as a kid in school in tje 90’s. and if she was older and from a smaller village it would make even more sense as the teachers there are/where more interested in keeping traditions like that
A typical “skrin” is what it looks like too me ^^
Isn’t it written in Icelandic “skreið” is dried fish in Icelandic and we call norway 🇳🇴 also NORGE. I believe the lady might be Icelandic and it was her dried fish box.