Adorable cute Norwegian Forest Cats
The Norwegian Forest
Cat is a breed of domestic cat native to Northern Europe. This natural breed is
adapted to a very cold climate, with top coat of glossy, long, water-shedding
hairs, and a woolly undercoat for insulation.
Although this is uncertain, the
breed's ancestors may have been a landrace of short-haired cats brought to
Norway by the Vikings around 1000 AD, who may also have brought with them
long-haired cats, like those ancestral to the modern Siberian and Turkish
Angora breeds. During World War II, the breed became nearly extinct until
efforts by the Norwegian Forest Cat Club helped the breed by creating an
official breeding program. It was not registered as a breed with the European Federation
International Feline until the 1970s, when a local cat fancier, Carl-Fredrik
Nordane, took notice of the breed and made efforts to register it. Currently,
the Norwegian Forest Cat is very popular in Norway, Sweden, Iceland and France.source link
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