My first book, SCANDINAVIAN FOLKLORE  has now its own website: http://www.scandinavianfolklore.com/ and here you can look at the photos and read some of the texts. A total of 700 unique photos of more than a hundred folk costumes and bunads from Sweden and Norway are presented in the book. We are working very hard to put all the information on the site in english, but for another few weeks, some of it will be in swedish and norwegian only. The book, which you can preview on the site, is in english with translations in swedish and norwegian. Here is a link for further information in english.

http://www.durantextiles.com/newsletter/news_6a_10.asp

The swedish book release is on May 3rd at the Biological Museum at Djurgården in Stockholm. On May 7th the norwegian book release will be held at the Valdres Folkemuseum in Fagernes.

The girl on the cover is wearing a folk costume from Dala-Floda, Dalecarlia.

Let me introduce myself.  My name is Laila Durán and I was born in Fredrikstad in Norway in 1957. Since 1974 I have lived in Stockholm, Sweden. My double nationality has led me to the decision of making my first book on the topic of folk costumes and the beautiful nature of both my home countries. Growing up with the bunads of Norway, and being introduced to the folk costumes of Sweden,  has inspired me to lifelong work among historical textiles. In 2003 I started the company Duran Textiles (www.durantextiles.com) with textile historian and scholar Martin Ciszuk. I have worked with advertising companies, magazines and book publishers. My photos are sold all over Scandinavia and Europe. This book, Scandinavian Folklore, is the first book that I publish in my own publishing company, Duran Publishing AB.

I hope you will enjoy the book and find it a great source of inspiration.

Laila Durán