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Description.
The breed originates from Jutland cattle. After World War I one had become aware of the heavier black and white variegated Dutch Cattle. One started to import Dutch Cattle to crossbreed with the somewhat smaller Jutland Cattle.
In the picture above, Helena Malmqvist’s curious cows are waiting for their tractor driving master to finish his his chores. The picture was submitted to the photo competition within the 3MC project Original name: Svensk Fjällras, including Svensk Fjällko and...
The landrace horse history is in many ways the basis for trotting as a sport in the Nordic countries. The breed's ability to walk and trot became particularly important in the Nordic climate with the invention of the sled.
The Northern Finncattle (NFC) is also called Lapland cow. In 2019, 338 of the cows in the Faba Coop’s dairy monitoring system were Northern Finncattle, and the breed is classified as endangered.
The Dole horse is today used as a sports and leisure horse for driving and riding, but is also used as a workhorse in agriculture and forestry. It is known for being strongly built, it has good usability and a...
The breed has its background in the central and northern areas of Norway. It is mainly a dairy breed, adapted to the conditions in valley and mountain settlements.
The first settlers came to Faroe Islands 12-1500 years ago. Stories says that the population of cattle was kept isolated on the islands in the following hundreds of years.
Brought to the Faroe Islands by Norse settlers in the 9th and 10th centuries, the geographical remoteness in the North Atlantic Ocean forced these ponies to adapt to its surroundings.
In the 1990’s a herd of different looking cattle was discovered on the Danish island Agersø. The island is located between Sealand and Funen. The population reminded of descriptions and deprictions of the Island cattle on paintings from the Golden Age, that lasted from app....
The Frederiksborg horse was founded in the 16th century by the Danish kings Frederik II and Christian IV, who gathered the best horse material from the European royal stud farms of the time.
