Father Christmas comes in two forms in Sweden: a gnome-like figure from Swedish folklore, called a jultomte, and a rather jolly old man with a white beard and wearing a fur-trimmed red suit, known the world-over as Santa! This article explains how the gnome-like figure evolved and the connections between the two of them.

Jultomten, or just tomten, is the being who brings the gifts at Julafton (the evening of December 24). The gifts are called julklappar, and are probably a modern version of the Yule log. Jultomten does not climb down the chimney, he delivers the gifts in person.

2012年12月26日 · Jultomten didn’t replace tomten, but nowadays when people talk about “tomten” they are normally referring to the Swedish Santa. The traditional “house gnome” tomten is called a hustomte or tomtar. When a tomten delivers Christmas gifts, he doesn’t use the chimney, but comes straight through the front door. This coincides with the ...

Jultomten, tomten eller, på finlandssvenska, julgubben (främst i södra Finland) [1] [2], är en figur som kommer med julklappar i juletid. Han avbildas ofta som en överviktig äldre man med röd luva och långt vitt skägg. Jultomten har utvecklats ur flera olika figurer, bland annat Oden, Sankt Nikolaus och den nordiska tomtegubben.

To sum up, Jultomten has his origins in the Christmas Goat, from the coat, mask, sack, door banging, the slightly threatening look, to the mandatory “Are there any good children here?” And of course Christmas has become one mega commercialized tradition where everybody except baby Jesus gets presents.

2018年12月22日 · These little men, alongside Sweden’s quintessential straw goats, or julbockar, are integral to Scandinavian folklore and tradition. While many know and recognize these classic decorations, not all appreciate the far-reaching history of the Tomte. Tomte, derived from the Swedish word “tomt,” or plot of land, literally means “homestead man.”

2009年12月4日 · Jultomten, also known simply as ”Tomten”, is Sweden’s Father Christmas, visiting houses in the afternoon on Christmas Eve (when Christmas in Sweden is celebrated) to distribute presents to children. Jultomten is often depicted as a corpulent figure with red clothes and a long white beard, similar to, but not the same as, the US image…

2017年12月22日 · Den glada och fryntliga jultomten är en säregen mix av folktrons gårdstomte, den engelska Father Christmas, julbocken och helgonet Nicholaus.

Sammansmältningen av den svenska hustomten och den mer givmilde, amerikanska jultomten har delvis skett genom insatser från kulturprofiler som Jenny Nyström och Viktor Rydberg. Nyström illustrerade Rydbergs novell Lille Viggs äfventyr på Julafton (1874), och tillsammans reproducerade de bilden av tomten som verksam under främst julen.

2017年7月1日 · The word Jultomten combines the Swedish word for Christmas, Jul, with the word tomten, which means household fairy or elf. The Jultomten is often depicted as a portly gnome with a white beard and a pointed red cap.