This striking Finnish Rya or long pile rug is a classic example of the type. Originally developed as bedding coverlets, these rugs are luxuriantly soft and comfortable.

This bold and exuberant Finnish Rya has a classic abstract "kehra" pattern of circles and lines in a luscious...

This lovely Swedish deco rug has a a stunning stepped geometry on a burnt orange ground set against a warm ivory-tan border.

This unique decorative antique Swedish Rya carpet is hand-made from fine wool in Sweden.

This splendid Norwegian antique deco rug has a Neo-classical design and palette related more to modish French Savonnerie carpets and Aubusson tapestries than to Scandinavian n rugs.

Swedish Rollakan tapestries like this lovely example have a long history reaching back to late medieval times. 

This charming antique Finnish Rya has a classic Scandinavian folk art design of the eighteenth century.

This lovely Swedish tapestry rug preserves the abstract drawing and formal vocabulary of its Scandinavian folk art predecessors.

This charming antique Swedish tapestry rug combines the traditional Scandinavian and Aubusson carpet designs.

Strikingly modern in its simplicity, this lovely Swedish tapestry rug or Rollakan approaches the design of classic Navajo rugs and blankets.

In this magnificent Deco carpet the geometry of traditional Swedish rugs converges with cutting edge modernism reminiscent of Mondrian.

This antique Scandinavian rug reflects the designs of Turkish or Persian village weavings.

The open field of this lovely Swedish rug with a crenellated pattern at the sides comes from antique Anatolian kilims.

This elegant Swedish tapestry rug or Rollakan is arrestingly modern in its reliance on simple abstract linear geometry.

A classically modern Swedish tapestry rug or Rollakan with a subtle deisgn of repeating l curvilinear motifs in soft yellow against a tan ground.

This boldly unusual Swedish tapestry rug recalls the Turkish stylized animal carpets of the late Middle Ages.

This lovely Swedish tapestry rug or Rollakan has a design of stylized geometric forms arranged in horizontal stripes of champagne, cinnamon, and apricot.

The field of this lovely antique Swedish tapestry rug or Rollakan consists of simple blocks of color reminiscent of the paintings of Mondrian and Klee.

Strikingly modern and abstract in its appeal, this antique Swedish carpet has a tessellated design of abstract vegetal and animal motifs.

Although stridently abstract and modern in its drawing, this antique Swedish Rollakan is still traditional in its design.

This charming antique Scandinavian carpet with its border of allover geometric flowers derives from the tradition of Swedish flatwoven tapestries or Rollakan.

Antique Scandinavian rugs like this are renowned for the striking abstract geometry of their design.

This extraordinary Art Deco Swedish Arts and Crafts carpet with its striking design of allover medallions harks back to medieval Scandinavian textiles.

Dated 1927 - This lovely Swedish carpet is a magnificent homage to the traditional Swedish Rollakan or flatwoven tapestry, although here it is rendered in thick pile.