Swedish Warmblood
{{Short description|Swedish breed of horse}}
{{Infobox horse breed
| name = Swedish Warmblood
| image = 2018FEI-WORLD-CUP-DRESSAGE-Patrik-Kittel (cropped).jpg
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| image_caption = Patrik Kittel and Deja at the Dressage World Cup in Paris in 2018
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| status = {{ubl|FAO (2007): not at risk{{r|barb|p=150}}|DAD-IS (2022): not at risk{{r|dad|dad2}}}}
| features =
| altname = {{ubl|Svenskt Halvblod|Svenskt Varmblod|Svensk Warmblodig Häst|Swedish Half-bred}}
| country = Sweden
| distribution = European countries, United States
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| use = {{ubl|dressage|show-jumping|three-day event|driving|riding}}
| colour = any solid colour
| height =
| male_height = 170 cm{{r|dad}}
| female_height = 165 cm{{r|dad}}
| weight =
| male_weight = 650 kg{{r|dad}}
| female_weight = 600 kg{{r|dad}}
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The Swedish Warmblood is a Swedish breed of warmblood horse. It was originally bred as a cavalry horse at the Strömsholm, Ottenby and Flyinge studs. In the twentieth century it became a general-purpose riding and sport horse. It performs well in dressage, show-jumping and three-day eventing, and also as a harness horse.
History
The origins of the Swedish Warmblood lie in the seventeenth century, when foreign horses were imported to Sweden from various countries, mostly in Europe, and were cross-bred with mares of local stock to produce horses suitable for military use. Of these imports, Spanish and Friesian animals were the most important; others came from Denmark, England, France, the German-speaking area, Hungary, the Ottoman Empire and Russia.{{r|edwards|p=149}} Breeding took place at the stud-farm of Strömsholm in Västmanland, which was established in 1621; at the {{ill|Ottenby Stud|sv|Ottenby kungsgård}} on the island of Öland; and at the {{ill|Flyinge Royal Stud|sv|Flyinge kungsgård}} at Flyinge in Skåne, which dates from 1658.{{r|edwards2|p=180|ab}}
In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries there were further imports, of sport horses of Arab, Thoroughbred, Hanoverian and particularly of Trakehner stock. These were used to increase the size and power of the breed and to make it more consistent in type. It became a general-purpose riding and sport horse.{{r|edwards|p=149|edwards2|p2=180}}
A stud-book was begun in 1874. In 1928 a breed society, the {{lang|sv|italic=no|Avelsförening för Svenska Varmblodiga Hästen}} or Swedish Warmblood Association, was formed.{{r|asvh}} The stud-book is open to registration of horses already registered in an approved foreign warmblood stud-book.{{r|swb}}
Characteristics
Use
It is a good general-purpose riding and sport horse. It performs well in dressage, show-jumping and three-day eventing, and also as a harness horse.{{r|elise|p=70}}
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Category:Horse breeds originating in Sweden
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