2.The Troll Doll was Invented by a Poor Danish Woodcutter

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The origin of the troll dates back to 1959, when Danish fisherman and woodcutter Thomas Dam couldn’t afford to purchase a Christmas gift for his daughter – instead, he decided to carve her a quirky wooden doll from his imagination. When other children in the town of Gjøl saw this troll doll, they immediately wanted one and pleaded him to make more. This popularity encouraged Dam to create a business around his trolls, which became one of the world’s biggest toy fads in the 1960s.