No one know how long the Norwegian Forest Cat has existed in Norway or how it got there.  In nature, the Forest Cat is most plentiful on the farms and in the woodlands of central Norway. This area lies north of every state except Alaska, and there is no doubt that Norway’s harsh winter climate played an important role in the development of the Forest Cat’s resourcefulness, vitality, and water-repellent coat.  Until the 1930s no one but the farmers of Norway, who prized the cat’s superior hunting ability, paid any attention to the Forest Cat. The first Norwegian ever shown was a red and white male called Petten, exhibited in 1930 by Mrs. Holdis Rohlss, who later founded a short-lived club to promote the Forest Cat, which is known as the Skogkatt in its nativeland.

NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT

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