Rosemåling, or
rosemaling is the name of a traditional form of decorative
folk art that originated in the rural valleys of
Norway. Rosemåling is a style of Norwegian decorative painting on wood that uses stylized flower ornamentation,
scrollwork, lining and geometric elements, often in flowing patterns. Landscape and architectural elements are also common. Many other decorative painting techniques were used such as glazing, spattering, marbelizing, manipulating the paint with the fingers or other objects. Rosemåling is also common in rural
Sweden (Swedish:
rosmålning) where it is also called
kurbitsmålning or simply
kurbits, where
kurbits refers to depictions of
Cucurbita. As with its Norwegian counterpart, it was most popular from the latter half of the 18th century and until the 1860s.