History and Hats

04/09/2026

The hat rack from one of the summer markets

Which would you choose?

03/09/2026

I had the honor of making a gold trimmed tricorn that Bohus Elfsborghs Caroliner gifted the mayor of Wismar during this year's Schwedenfest

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02/09/2026

Medieval small felt hat
Can be made in various colours

31/08/2026

As preparation for my talk about hats from a Swedish folkdress point of view in Halland I came across this statement from an interview with someone born 1867 in the village Alfhög.
They mention something they call
Baselik/Baschlik, a sort of hood in a lighter finer cloth. It sloped in the front with long tips that sometimes had pompoms and sometimes were embroidered. The tips could be tossed over the shoulders or tied.

I haven't really seen anything regarding folk costumes that really fits the description. But then by a coincidence I found a hood in the digital collection of our state museums, that looks very much like the description.
And, hold your horses, the hood is from Äskhults by the place I was gonna give the talk! And is said to belong to one of the Jöns family that lived there in the end of 1800s, that one of the farm is name after.

Unfortunately there is only one picture, so no idea how it looks in the back, or if it is depicted in the right way. It might be more logical to have the cords in the neck than in the front for example.

But I think it is very cool to see what may be a written description and possible the real item

Photo: Hallands kulturhistoriska museum

30/08/2026

A comissioned 18th century tricorn for an evening at Drottningholms Slottsteater Sweden

29/08/2026

Thank you Gribshunden 1495 for today!

It was great to meet so many interested in hats, headware, hat making and history. So many great curious questions and people sharing their knowledge ann experiences.
And such a cozy setting and event, now on my way back to Gothenburg again very happy with the day 😄

29/08/2026

Today I am at Gribshunden 1495 day in Ronneby for lecture ans market 😁

24/08/2026

På lördag är det dags igen

Jag har föredrag om hattar och huvudbonader och dess tillverkning under medeltiden.
Klockan 11 på Gribshundens dag i Ronneby
Hoppas vi ses!

“Hattar och dess tillverkning under medeltiden” kommer Linda Ersson, hattmakare på History&Hats att hålla föredrag om på Gribshundens dag den 29 augusti.

Linda är hattmakare och dräkthistoriker som specialiserar sig på historiska hattar, accessoarer och dess tillverkning. Om du efter föredraget känner dig sugen på att införskaffa din egen medeltida huvudbonad eller lära dig lite mer kommer Linda även stå på vår marknad under dagen.

Föreläsningen äger rum kl 11 på Kallvattenkuren. Ingen anmälan krävs.

23/08/2026

A gold-trimmed tricorn commissioned for a gift to a German mayor