On July 4 of that year, seeking refuge from economic conditions and the Norwegian state church, a group of six families ...

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...

Fargo-Moorhead is celebrating 200 years of Norwegian immigration with a concert featuring a handmade Hardanger fiddle.

DECORAH | Former Decorah resident Helen Harvey studied violin since she was a child, but has never enjoyed playing a stringed instrument as much as she does now. Harvey, who lives in Sioux City, began ...

Megan Peterson, a 2008 graduate of Grand Forks Central High School, was 12 years old when she attended a music camp and first heard someone playing a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle. "It sounded silvery, ...

In a workshop tucked away in the countryside of western Victoria, a fiddlemaker creates unique Norwegian instruments, helping to spice up the dying craft. Traditionally used to play Norwegian folk ...

Bud Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle maker and teacher, looks at part of a fiddle a student is making. It is part of a growing community of fiddle makers marking the 200th anniversary of the first arrival by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bo’ Pgd. 1870. Ellef Johnsen ...

The Skaar family of Hixton has loaned its heirloom Hardanger fiddle to the Jackson County Historical Society for the summer months. The fiddle, which first belonged to the Skaars’ ...

There are many connections between traditional fiddling and classical music. We invited two fiddle players into our studio to explore what those connections sound like in music from Norway and Sweden.

Bud Larsen lives with his wife, Marlys, in a log cabin with a grass roof that could use a good weed-whacking, but don't be thrown off by the old-world aspects of this rural Brainerd abode. The Larsens ...