Search locations or food
OR
Sign up
Bohuslän-Dals Svarthöna | Local Chicken From Västra Götaland County, Sweden | TasteAtlas

Bohuslän-Dals Svarthöna

(Swedish Black Chicken)

THIS CHICKEN BREED IS RARE. Bohuslän-Dals svarthöna is a breed of Swedish black domestic chicken. It is believed that the chickens were first brought to Norway in the 17th century by sailors from Mozambique. In the mid-19th century, they started to appear in the Swedish Bohuslän Dalsland region, where they were mixed with local chicken breeds, and nowadays we have Swedish black chicken as a result – a distinct breed of small chicken with completely black skin.


These rare chickens are usually kept for their cream-colored eggs.