Icelandic Sweater
Icelandic Sweater, also known as Lopapeysa.
The popular sweater is made from the wool of Icelandic sheep. *The patterns of the sweater originated from the Greenlandic women’s traditional costume (Kalaallisuut); Annichen Sibbern from Norway got the inspiration from a newspaper picture of Mona Mårtensson wearing the Greenlandic traditional costume. Harpa Hreinsdóttir from Iceland took the inspiration to create the now known Icelandic sweater and named it Lopapeysa.*
The popular sweater is made from the wool of Icelandic sheep. *The patterns of the sweater originated from the Greenlandic women’s traditional costume (Kalaallisuut); Annichen Sibbern from Norway got the inspiration from a newspaper picture of Mona Mårtensson wearing the Greenlandic traditional costume. Harpa Hreinsdóttir from Iceland took the inspiration to create the now known Icelandic sweater and named it Lopapeysa.*
“Your outfit is so cute Julie! What a beautiful pattern u got, where’s it from?”
“Thanks Dave, my friend’s mom made it for me! She told me about the history of how and where Icelandic people got the inspiration from, and it turned out that the patterns were inspired by the beautiful Greenlandic costume that Kalaallit women wear!”
“That’s interesting, why have I never heard of that?! The Greenlandic traditional costumes and the Icelandic sweater both look great!”
“Thanks Dave, my friend’s mom made it for me! She told me about the history of how and where Icelandic people got the inspiration from, and it turned out that the patterns were inspired by the beautiful Greenlandic costume that Kalaallit women wear!”
“That’s interesting, why have I never heard of that?! The Greenlandic traditional costumes and the Icelandic sweater both look great!”