Elkhound, Swedish

The Jämthund derives from a large hunting spitz found in the Forest region of the North barrier of Scandinavia and Russia. These spitzs’ probably came with the hunting tribes that migrated to Sweden thousands of years ago. Two types of wolf coloured spitz have been recognised in Scandinavia. The Norwegians decided in 1877 that the smaller was to be called Norwegian Elkhound. The large variety that was mainly known in the Swedish county of Jämtland did not match the standard for Elkhound on several points, especially not for size.

Source: SKK

Sveriges hundraser -- Swedish breeds of dogs

Please be aware this breed is a hunting dog.

• Swedish Elkhound
• Moosehound
• Jämthund

Country of origin: Sweden

Finnish: ÄMTLANNINPYSTYKORVA - rotumääritelmän tulkintaa

Jämthund – Swedish Elkhound

by Ria Hörter

• https://riahorter.com/index_htm_files/Jamthund.pdf

The basis of breed/conformation shows is the judging of pedigree dogs against the 'Breed Standard', which is a picture in words that describes the range of features that are deemed appropriate for the breed.

One of the major international standards:

FCI (Federation Cynologique Internationale)

1. Swedish Insurance Data Breed-specific information on rates of disease and death from Agria Pet Insurance (Agria Djurförsäkring) is available for many breeds. This breed has information on Veterinary Care and Life Insurance.

Svenska Älghundklubben

Statistics | Database

Database

• Sydsvenska älghundklubben
• Svenska Älghundklubben Facebook
• Jämthundklubbens / SÄKs RAS enkät 2017 (Questionaire responses--813 people responded to Saks and Jämthund Club survey.) Internal: 2017 Jämthundklubbens webbenkät .pdf

2. Finland: FKC Database Swedish Elkhound

Health/Breeding Strategy Documents and Links:

1 .Sweden: Breed-specific Breeding Strategies: (in Swedish) and/ or English summary

2. Finland: JTO: Jalostuksen tavoiteohjelma 2020-2024 Jämtlanninpystykorva

JTO Breed-specific Breeding Strategy 2015-2019

HGTD: Jämthund

We are listing sites for breed clubs with health or other information that might be helpful. Follow links below.

Finland: Suomen harmaahirvikoirajärjestö
Sweden: Svenska Jämthundklubben