Swedish Clogs

Swedish Clogs are wooden-soled shoes with a leather upper that have been worn in Sweden for centuries and were popularised internationally in the 1960s and 1970s. Articles look at the traditional Dalarna clog with its painted decoration, the modern Sven, Lotta and Troentorp brands that still make them by hand, the difference between an open-back mule and a closed clog with a strap, the alder and birch wood used for the soles, the postwar fashion moment that put clogs on Frenchwomen and Hollywood actors and the medical clogs worn by hospital staff today.