Jon Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

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John Gunnarson Helland, the fourth of the five Gunnarsson Helland brothers, began his work in his father, Gunnar Olavsson Helland

Gunnar Olavsson Helland

Gunnar Olavsson Helland, , was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.Gunnar Olavsson Haugen came from a family of woodcarvers. He married the twin sister of Knut Eriksson Helland, Gunnhild, in 1871 and moved to Helland at that time...

's workshop and then went to Notodden

Notodden

is a town and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Notodden....

, Telemark

Telemark

is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...

, where he made some of his best fiddles.

From 1917 to 1927 he travelled in Sweden and Germany.
He later operated a workshop for fiddles and violins and a music shop in Skien

Skien

' is a city and municipality in Telemark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Skien. Skien is also the administrative centre of Telemark county....

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See also

• The Helland fiddle maker family
  The Helland fiddle maker family
  The Helland family from Bø in Telemark is a Norwegian dynasty of Hardanger fiddle makers who made the most significant and important contribution to the development of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition. The celebrated Norwegian fiddler Ole Bull played on Helland fiddles.During nearly 200...