Dalkulla


Kulla is an older dialectal name for an unmarried woman, used often in most parts of Sweden around Dalarna, but in present time mostly used as a name for women from Dalarna namely Dalkulla. In the oldest known source from 1640 is the kulla synonmous with a woman. An older not married woman was called gammkulla while a married woman was called käring. The male word is dalkarl or mas, provided from which part of Dalarna you were from.