Swedish Friesian

Swedish Friesian is the traditional name for Sweden's black-and-white dairy cattle, closely related to the Friesian and Holstein-Friesian populations used across northern Europe. Older references may place it under Swedish Lowland cattle, while many modern animals are recorded in practice as Swedish Holstein or black-and-white Swedish dairy cattle. They are angular, high-milking cows with black-and-white piebald coats, capacious udders, and the frame expected of a specialized dairy breed selected under Swedish recording systems.

Herds using Swedish Friesian genetics usually manage them for fluid milk and components in loose-housed, tie-stall, robotic, or pasture-assisted dairies. The cattle respond to balanced rations and careful transition-cow management, especially during dark northern winters when housing, ventilation, and hoof care matter. Breeding decisions commonly weigh milk yield against udder health, fertility, longevity, and calving ease. For buyers, production records and health indexes are more informative than color pattern or the Friesian name alone.

Colors: Belted, Black, Black and White, Blaze Faced, Blue Roan, Brindle, Brockle Faced, Brown, Brown and White, Dun, Gray, Grey, Highbelt, Highpark, Lineback, Mottled, Pied, Red, Red and White, Red Roan, Riggit, Roan, Silver, Solid Black, Solid Red, Solid White, Speckled, Spotted, White, White Faced, Yellow