Norwegian Forest Kittens
A big, weatherproof Scandinavian cat with a woolly undercoat and a glossy top layer.
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Good to know
- Appears in Norse myth, drawing the goddess Freyja's chariot.
- The double coat sheds heavily in spring, almost changing the cat's shape.
- A strong climber with unusually powerful claws.
Who it suits
Families with space, and owners happy to groom hard during the spring moult.
Care
Comb twice a week, daily in spring. Tall cat trees are close to a requirement.
History of the breed
The skogkatt appears in Norse legend and lived on Norwegian farms for centuries. Crossbreeding with domestic cats nearly absorbed it by the 1930s; a preservation programme begun before the war and resumed after it saved the type, and King Olav V named it the national cat.
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