Kristin
Olympic Mascot
c 1994 (made)
c 1994 (made)
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Håkon and Kristin are the mascots for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games.
Unlike the range of cute animals used as mascots since Waldi in 1972, these two were different as they were human. Inspired by medieval Norwegian legends, they are named after a prince and princess from the 13th century, but were described as “children of today”. The characters in their colourful period costumes were intended to represent a combination of tradition and innovation, and promote the idea of modern Norway as authentic and environmentally conscious.
The original design for Håkon was produced by Javier Ramirez Camputchano, developed in collaboration with Kari and Werner Grossman.
Unlike the range of cute animals used as mascots since Waldi in 1972, these two were different as they were human. Inspired by medieval Norwegian legends, they are named after a prince and princess from the 13th century, but were described as “children of today”. The characters in their colourful period costumes were intended to represent a combination of tradition and innovation, and promote the idea of modern Norway as authentic and environmentally conscious.
The original design for Håkon was produced by Javier Ramirez Camputchano, developed in collaboration with Kari and Werner Grossman.
Object details
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| Parts | This object consists of 2 parts.
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| Title | Kristin (manufacturer's title) |
| Materials and techniques | cotton, synthetics, stuffed, embroidered, printed
paper, printed, folded |
| Brief description | Kristin, stuffed doll of young girl, official mascot of 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games. Designed by Kari Grossman, Werner Grossman and Javier Ramirez Camputchano. |
| Physical description | Soft stuffed body of pinkish colour and synthetic material, printed with facial features including large blue eyes and freckles. Yellow wool hair is plaited and wrapped with braided pink and yellow cotton. Dressed in layers, with purple cape over orange tunic with green lining. Front printed with Lillehammer emblem. Pink threads as shoelaces around legs, and light yellow ribbon looped from back of neck. Merchandising card is folded and looped onto gold coloured elastic. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
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| Summary | Håkon and Kristin are the mascots for the 1994 Lillehammer Winter Olympic Games. Unlike the range of cute animals used as mascots since Waldi in 1972, these two were different as they were human. Inspired by medieval Norwegian legends, they are named after a prince and princess from the 13th century, but were described as “children of today”. The characters in their colourful period costumes were intended to represent a combination of tradition and innovation, and promote the idea of modern Norway as authentic and environmentally conscious. The original design for Håkon was produced by Javier Ramirez Camputchano, developed in collaboration with Kari and Werner Grossman. |
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| Accession number | B.147:1, 2-2011 |
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| Record created | February 28, 2012 |
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