Norwegian Forest Kittens

A big, weatherproof Scandinavian cat with a woolly undercoat and a glossy top layer.

Norwegian Forest cat breed

Photo: Gangburgondes · CC BY-SA 3.0

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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.

Available Norwegian Forest Kittens

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