#Þjóðbúningurinn

Icelandic Folk Costumes

Íslenski Þjóðbúningurinn is the name for the national or folk costumes of Iceland, you will notice that buningur is from the same root as the Norwegian bunad. To help you pronounce this, the first letter is called ‘thorn’, and is pronounced like th in thin, the fourth letter is pronounced like th in this. Old English had these letters and then gave them up.

The five following types of costume are all recognized as Icelandic National costumes. However both the kyrtill and skautbúningur were designed in the 18th century from scratch as ceremonial costumes, while the faldbúningur, peysuföt and the upphlutur are traditional daily wear of Icelandic women in olden times.

• Faldbúningur
• Upphlutur
• Peysuföt
• Skautbúningur
• Kyrtill

Icelandic Folk costumes a request by: Sweet Holy Potato