Icelandic Yule Lad - Sausage Thief
Bjúgnakrækir, the Sausage Swiper · hand-painted figure designed by Brian Pilkington · about 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
The Lad for the person in your family who cannot walk past a sausage. This figure catches Bjúgnakrækir with the goods: knees bent, grinning, both hands under a platter of them.
The figure, up close
Any four Yule Lads ship free to the US, Canada and Europe (orders over $149)
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- Ships worldwide from Iceland with tracking
- Designed by Brian Pilkington, painted by hand
- BJÚGNAKRÆKIR in gold on the base
- English booklet about the Yule Lads in the box
Bjúgnakrækir, the Sausage Swiper, is the ninth of Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads and comes to town on 20 December. In the folklore he loved sausages and stole them whenever he could.
This hand-painted figure, designed by Brian Pilkington, shows him with his knees bent and a platter of sausages in both hands, in a red cap, a green knitted waistcoat and striped stockings. He stands about 11.5 cm (4.5 in) tall and comes in a window box with a small English booklet about the Yule Lads.
A display figure, not a toy. He is also one of the set of all 16 figures.
Product facts
- Character
- Bjúgnakrækir, the ninth of the thirteen Icelandic Yule Lads. The National Museum of Iceland calls him Sausage Swiper in English
- Comes to town
- 20 December
- Height
- about 11.5 cm (4.5 in)
- Design
- Brian Pilkington
- Brand
- Sólarfilma
- Finish
- painted by hand; shades can differ a little from the photos
- In the box
- the figure in a clear window box, with a small booklet in English about the 13 Yule Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat
- Good to know
- a display figure, not a toy
- EAN
- 5690666388090
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Returns — unused items in original condition within 30 days; see our returns policy.
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Why you'll love it
- Sausages were what he came forThe National Museum of Iceland puts it plainly: he loved sausages and stole them whenever he had the chance. Jóhannes úr Kötlum's 1932 poem places him up in the rafters, where they hung in the smoke.
- Bjúgu, grjúpán or sperðlarThe publisher's note on this figure lists three Icelandic words for sausage and says he swallows them all with the same appetite. Bjúgu is the one in his name.
- Drawn from what he doesBrian Pilkington has said the old poem gives few clues to how the Lads look, so he worked out each one's appearance from his habit. This one got a crouch, a grin and a full platter.
- One of the Lads our customers pick mostForty of him left our shelves in the past twelve months. Of the thirteen brothers, only Candle Beggar and Sheep-Cote Clod sold more.
- Four reviews, all five starsOne reviewer of this figure wrote that they now have the entire set, and called the figures adorable.
- A story older than the giftsIn 1746 a public decree told Icelandic parents to stop frightening their children with the Yule Lads, according to the National Museum. Only in the twentieth century did the brothers begin leaving gifts in shoes.
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Made to be used together. One click adds both to your cart.
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Sausage Swiper with all twelve brothers
The set of 16 adds the other Lads, Grýla, Leppalúði and the Yule Cat, and costs less than the sixteen figures bought one by one.
Icelandic Yule Lad - Sausage Thief Yule Lads Figures - Set of all 16
$571.90 for both
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