The skvader is a species of winged hare indigenous to Sweden. According to legend, this unusual animal was first discovered by a hunter named Håkan Dahlmark in 1874. Eventually a stuffed specimen of the creature was put on display in the Historical Preservation Society in Sundsvall where it remains to this day.
Visitors report that the animal looks rather like a cross between a hare and a wood grouse cock. A statue of a skvader was also erected in a small park in Sundsvall in 1994. Although the skvader is much beloved in Sweden, the term itself is often used colloquially to mean "a bad compromise."
The Skvader belongs in the same family of tall-tale creatures as the jackalope and the wolperdinger.
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Swedish only I'm afraid - nevertheless, you will find litterary
references at the bottom of the first web page). Apparently, the
original birth of the Skvader is not really known, only that the first
written references are made to Messrs. H
Strange skvader stay safe from
The taxidermists