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SPORT (IDROTT).
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Sport has always been held in great honour by the inhabitants of
Sweden. About the middle of last century, however, it was by no
means in a flourishing state, and the Swedish national games were on the
point of utterly dying out. But new life has been infused into Swedish
sport by the recently awakened spirit which has spread itself over the
country during the last ten years, and has, moreover, been influenced by
the enormous sport interest characterizing our days. Swedish sport
has thus naturally acquired a more modern stamp, even though some
branches of sport, being purely national, have preserved their original
northern character; this is especially the case with the winter sports.
Skate-sailing at Saltsjöbaden, near Stockholm.
Winter sport, by which we mean exercises dependent on ice or snow for
their pursuit, has never shown any token of dying out in our country, even
though the graphic curb presents descending as well as ascending lines. This kind
of sport has always been thoroughly national and independent. By means of
contests and careful attention it has, however, also developed to a pitch of
perfection hitherto unknown.
Skating is the sport most in vogue in the country; thanks to Sweden’s
great expanse of water, it is so popular that without exaggeration it may be
said that nearly everybody can skate. Skating has of låte years become as
general amongst women as amongst men. Even among country folk skating is
quite a common thing, partly as an entertaining pastime, partly as a practical
means of quick traveling over the numerous fiords. Swedish skaters have won
recognition and distinction even abroad, and at the present moment Swedes hold
Sweden. 24
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