A Guide To Sweden’s Best Products For Kids, Inspired By The Swedish Royal Family Inline
Photo: Courtesy of minirodini.com1/14MINI RODINI
Illustrator Cassandra Rhodin’s Mini Rodini line, founded 10 years ago, is one of the most fun, and fashion-forward, around.
Alaska baby overall, $297, minirodini.com
Photo: Courtesy of kalikatoys.com2/14KALIKÅ
Kalikå’s brightly painted wooden toys look like the ones that appear in children’s classic storybooks. For the past 20 years the company, working with Fair Play, has also sold soft toys handmade in Russia by parents of children with disabilities, a cooperative arrangement that allows families to remain together at home.
Kalikå wagon, about $73, kalikatoys.com
Photo: Courtesy of mykonfetti.com3/14NOWALI
Swedish children have been taking their first steps in Nowali moccasins since 1950, when Åke Johannson started the company at the family farm. They are still knitted in Sweden, using yarns free of toxic chemicals and dyes.
Nowali moccasins, $33, mykonfetti.com
Photo: Courtesy of svenskttenn.se4/14SVENSKT TENN
Svenskt Tenn’s elegant flagship is a must-see in Stockholm. Established in 1924, the interiors company employed the expat Austrian designer Josef Frank, whose work, like that of the firm’s founder, Estrid Ericson, has become synonymous with the Swedish Modern aesthetic—despite its decorative aspects. Ericson’s elephants have gained entry to the nursery with the help of Ingegerd Råman, who adapted them for tablewear.
Elefant bowl, about $28, svenskttenn.se; plate, about $33, svenskttenn.se; small cup, about $24, svenskttenn.se
Photo: Courtesy of bolin.se5/14W.A. BOLIN
This company has been court jeweler to five tsars and three Swedish kings since its founding in St. Petersburg in 1791 by the Swedish Bolin family. Its silver children’s cutlery would make a princely gift indeed.
Sterling silver fork, spoon, and knife for children, about $700, bolin.se
