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I was in Sweden and Norway last year and when we were further north it was around –15C for several days, lowest was –24C.

You want lots of layers, and make sure the layer directly next to your skin isn't cotton.

On the coldest days I wore:

Top half: polyester baselayer, then a regular t-shirt, then a jumper, then my winter coat
Bottom half: polyester thermal underwear and insulated hiking trousers, something like this: https://www.decathlon.co.uk/p/men-s-...677?mc=8582600

Then obviously hat, gloves, thick socks. For gloves I found it was useful to wear a thin pair of running gloves (with conductive finger tips) under a bigger pair, meaning I could take the bigger glove off to use my phone or do something requiring more dexterity without taking my gloves off completely.

For footwear, if you're going to be doing any walking/hiking then microspikes will be extremely useful and will give you way more grip on snow and ice than hiking boots alone. I have these ones: https://www.yaktrax.co.uk/product/yaktrax-diamond/. This may also apply to just walking around towns depending on what the streets are like – when we were in Trondheim the pavements were like an ice rink.

With the clothing described above we found it was no problem staying warm while out and about, the only time we got cold was when standing still for an extended period of time. Part of our trip was watching biathlon, which meant standing on the "terraces" for a few hours in –17C. When not moving for a decent length of time we found it was hard to keep hands and feet warm – in that case some kind of hand warmer might have been useful.

It's an almost ludicrously beautiful part of the world, you will love it.
Great reply 👍 Thank you.

Was that a standard, use in Edinburgh, winter coat?