Videos European Shorthair Breed Information
Country of origin -
Germany
Breed standards -
ACF(*) FIFe(*)
The European shorthair is a breed of short-haired cat originating in Sweden.
It's one of the oldest and most common breeds, but it
wasn't standardized until quite late and is currently only
recognized by two major cat clubs.
Because it hasn't been bred in a regal meaning until very
recently, many European Shorthairs don't have a pedigree and
have not been certified as a European Shorthair. Instead, many
European shorthairs are called "bondkatt" (Farmer's
cat) in Swedish, by the fact that many were bred on farms. To
confuse things many mixed breed cats are incorrectly referred to as
"bondkatt" instead of the preferred term
"huskatt" (Cat of the House).
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