Tomte and Santa Tomte och Santa. For image details see footnote (1) below. 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.

The Jultomten who got a foothold in Sweden in the late 1800s was different. He arrived on foot in the evening of December 24 th , banged on the door, and was invited in to hand out presents before he disappeared in the dark.

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.

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Dec 26, 2012 · It wasn’t until the 1840’s that tomten became Jultomten, or “Christmas tomten,” and started to play the role of Santa after being depicted as wearing a red cap and having a white beard – and of course tomten started delivering Christmas gifts.

Dec 24, 2019 · Jultomten – Santa In Swedish families, jultomten actually turns up in person late afternoon on Christmas Eve. Usually it’s the father of the house, or perhaps a neighbour, who dresses up as Santa.

Dec 6, 2018 · As many other writers and artists contributed to shaping the appearance and role of the iconic character from the late 19th century onward, Jultomten was embedded into Swedish Christmas, overtaking the Julbock (Christmas goat) as …

Det amerikanska namnet på jultomten, Santa Claus, kommer från nederländska Sinterklaas, eller Sankt Nikolaus. Han var en biskop i Turkiet på 300-talet som blev helgonförklarad för sin kristliga givmildhet.

Dec 22, 2017 · Den glada och fryntliga jultomten är en säregen mix av folktrons gårdstomte, den engelska Father Christmas, julbocken och helgonet Nicholaus. I dag är det självklart att det är jultomten som delar ut julklapparna, men under 1800 …