Scientific name:
Equus przewalskii f. caballus

Natural spread:
Northern Europe

powerful, roundish pony of middle size, in the type of the northern cold-blood standing. Big, but dry head, short, very powerful neck. Often shoulder steeply, little instep, strong back of middle length. Good depth, short kicked the ball out croup. Strong, dry legs with some Behang and hard, blue hooves; the chestnuts sometimes are missing. Good action of the step and trot, gallop somewhat ponderous. Exclusively fallow, usually yellowish reason-paint with Zebrierung and eel-line. Black-and-white mixed long-hair, that is emphasized by traditional hairdo (Stehmähne). Size about. 145 cm.

This especially modest race should go back to the Tundrenpony of the ice age. Later, one suspects an influence of Celtic ponies from southeast-Europe as well as a connection to the Icelandic and Scottish ponies. Already in the Beowulf-Epos (8). Jh.) Scandinavia's light, yellow horses are glorified. The fjord-horse always represented an autonomous type despite its relationship with the then Lyngspferd, the Gudbrandsdaler and the Norske-Pony. Around the middle of the 19. Jh. one tried to improve the race through in-crossing of Gudbrandsdal and thoroughbred-stallions what went wrong. Since 1864, one favors pure-breeding again. The breeder-union Norské Fjordhestlag takes care of the race, that never was very numerous. Denmark and Germany have since 1930 as well as. 1950 increase its continuance and improve and leads a high-quality breeding.