Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter

Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter
Järvsöfaks, a Coldblood Trotter of mixed Swedish and Norwegian lines
Conservation status
  • Norway
  • FAO (2007): not at risk:86
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered
  • Sweden
  • FAO (2007): endangered:112
  • DAD-IS (2022): at risk/endangered
Other names
  • Norsk Kaldblodstraver
  • Norwegian Coldblood Trotter
  • Svensk Kallblodstravare
  • Swedish Coldblood Trotter
  • North Swedish Trotter
Country of origin
  • Norway
  • Sweden
StandardDet Norske Travselskap

The Scandinavian Coldblood Trotter consists of two closely related and interconnected breeds of trotting horse: the Norsk Kaldblodstraver or Norwegian Coldblood Trotter and the Svensk Kallblodstravare, the Swedish Coldblood Trotter or North Swedish Trotter. Coldblood trotters are the result of cross-breeding native coldblooded farm horses – in Norway the Dølehest, in Sweden the North Swedish Horse – with lighter and faster horses.:492 Although the Norwegian and Swedish coldblood trotters are substantially considered a single breed, two national stud-books are maintained, and registration requirements differ in some respects between the two countries.