I’m wondering if these are Norwegian tradition costumes- the photo was taken in the 1930s- my father and uncle- who were 1/4 Norwegian but were brought up in Berlin too.
https://i.redd.it/j3cd1cjrhflf1.jpeg
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I’m wondering if these are Norwegian tradition costumes- the photo was taken in the 1930s- my father and uncle- who were 1/4 Norwegian but were brought up in Berlin too.
https://i.redd.it/j3cd1cjrhflf1.jpeg
Posted by alexandergreene
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Has nothing to do with Norway.
Doesn’t look Norwegian
No. Is it not German? Or maybe some other country down there, somewhere.
A google image search shows the exact same jacket on the right as something Serbian or Greek (picture 7 and 8 etc on the slider) [https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-499—an-embroidered-purple-velvet-waistcoat-probably-serbian-ottoman-empire-mid-19th-century/?lot=34565&sd=1#](https://www.kerrytaylorauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-499—an-embroidered-purple-velvet-waistcoat-probably-serbian-ottoman-empire-mid-19th-century/?lot=34565&sd=1#)
The same kind of pattern says it is a vintage Romanian school outfit. Either way, it is something from Eastern/South Europe, not Norway.
Since it is so old, it is very hard to say.
They could be some type of «folkedrakt», but in all my searching I could not find any with these types of patterns.
Here is a roughly similar one: https://digitaltmuseum.no/011023130683/troye-med-bukse
So I would say it is not traditional at least.
It could have been bought or even made in Norway, but this was likely more of some nice clothes they had, and not a traditional clothing from that period.
Here is a page from a norwegian museum on norwegian traditional clothing from different regions and of different types:
https://norskfolkemuseum.no/bunader-og-folkedrakter
I think its Romanian 🙂
Hmm.. the best I could find based on the patterns is the Romanian Suman. Not sure though. https://ambogdan.com/suman-romania-queen-marie/amp/
1/4 Norwegian lol