Nordanstigs spelmanslag is a Swedish

Sweden

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 folk music

Folk music

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 fiddler-team (in Swe: spelmanslag) in Hälsingland

Hälsingland

' is a historical province or landskap in central Sweden. It borders to Gästrikland, Dalarna, Härjedalen, Medelpad and to the Gulf of Bothnia...

, Sweden

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. It was formed in 1952 and is based in Bergsjö

Bergsjö

Bergsjö is a locality and the seat of Nordanstig Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,243 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

 and plays Swedish folk music from the Bergsjö

Bergsjö

Bergsjö is a locality and the seat of Nordanstig Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 1,243 inhabitants in 2005.- References :...

-Hassela

Hassela

Hassela is a locality situated in Nordanstig Municipality, Gävleborg County, Sweden with 375 inhabitants in 2005....

region area in Hälsingland. Three of their most wellknown fiddlers are "O'tôrgs-Kaisa" (Kaisa Abrahamsson), Lennart Eriksson and Tomas von Wachenfeldt.

The team play mainly folk music tunes from the north of Hälsingland; compositions after famous Hälsingian folk musicians such as Hultkläppen, Katrina Lundstedt, Malångs-August, Jon-Erik Öst, Lars-Erik Forslin, Per-Erik Svedin, Korp-Erik, Gammelbo-Lars,
Pelle Schenell, Hägg-Erske, Pusten, Sammels Jon-Erik and Dôv-Ante.

Nordanstig - the municipality of north Hälsingland - covers the communities of Hassela, Bergsjö, Gnarp, Jättendal, Harmånger, Stocka and Strömsbruk.

Discography

• Ur gamla källor (2004) (O'tôrgs-Kaisa Abrahamsson & musicians)
• Spelmanslåtar från Mottiland (2005) (Thomas von Wachenfeldt & musicians)
• Viller (2006)

External links

• Nordanstigs spelmanslag (Swedish Website)
• Nordanstigs spelmanslag at MySpace.com (music samples from the album "Viller")