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Scandinavian Dance and Music Links

This is a preliminary set of links gathered by your humble webmaster, who is far from being expert on the Scandi music and dance resources out there. I would greatly appreciate link suggestions from others. Send your suggestions to , and of course let me know about any dead links you find here. I'd especially like to add links to dance groups and festivals around the USA.

Recorded Dance Music

• Norsk Ltd. - US importer of Scandinavian record labels
• Northside - "contemporary Nordic roots music"
• Leif Alpsjö Musik AB - Swedish site
• American Nyckelharpa Association - some CDs for sale
• Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
• Drone Music AB - Swedish traditional music
• FolkNetSweden - links to Swedish traditional music labels
• Nordic Tradition - new record label for Swedish traditional music

Sheet Music Online

Most of this music is in the abc music format. If you don't know this format, you should!

• John Chambers' Scandinavian Tunes and Tune Finder
• Seattle Skandia Spelmanslag - selections from their repertoire
• Henrik Norbeck's Swedish Tunes
• Richard Robinson's Tunebook includes some Swedish tunes
• Lennart Sohlman's tunes from Jämtland, Härjedalen and Medelpad
• Jämtlandica - mostly recordings and links, some notation
• Stellan Hilmerby's collection of music - midi, gif and NoteWorthy
• American Nyckelharpa Association - "allspel" collection
• Danish Folk Music - many Danish tunes, links to other sites
• Folkets Hus Spillefolk - sheet music, recordings of music classes
• Blue Rose Scandinavian Folk Music - Karen Myers' collection of 2000 tunes, 500 with sheet music
• Seattle Skandia Allspel Tunes - CDs and sheet music

Instrument Information

• American Nyckelharpa Association - much info, sheet music, CD sales
• Hardanger Fiddle Association of America - info, CD sales, audio samples
• Swedish Bagpipes - info, audio samples
• David Golber - makes and repairs Hardanger fiddles (and violins)

Dance Groups

A very incomplete list. Please send the web site for your group...

• Scandia DC (Washington DC)
• Scandia NY (NYC)
• Skandinöje (New Jersey)
• Speledans (Boston)
• Skandi Dancers (Dallas, TX)
• Skandia Folkdance Society (Seattle)
• Norske Runddansere (Portland, OR)
• Madison Wisconsin
• Groups in Northern California
• Southern California
• Scandinavian Dancers of Ann Arbor (MI)
• Chicagoland Scandinavian Turning Dance (Chicago)
• International Folkdance at Cornell (Ithaca, NY)
• Twin Cities Scandinavian Music and Dance (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

Dance and Music Festivals

• Upper Potomac Scandinavian Weekend (Shepherdstown, WV) - January 23-25, 2009
• Aviso.net's list of Scandi events in the USA
• Amerikappleik (Northfield, MN) - one-time event in July 2003
• Scandia Camp (Mendocino, CA)
• Folklore Village (Dodgeville, WI) - has periodic Scandi events
• NEFFA (Natick, MA) - annual festival with some Scandi dance
• Scandinavian Folk Festival (Jamestown, NY) - July 18-20 2008
• Golden Festival (NYC) - annual festival of international dance, some Scandi
• Dance Flurry (Saratoga Springs, NY) - annual festival with some Scandi dance
• Northwest Folklife (Seattle) - annual festival with some Scandi dance
• Nisswa-Stämman in Minnesota - annual festival
• Scandinavian Fest in New Jersey - annual festival
• Buffalo on the Danube (West Virginia) - Balkan and Scandinavian music and dance, Labor Day weekend

Regions of Scandinavia

Mostly culled from web searches, mostly from official tourism sites. Concentrating on regions that have been covered in NFF camps. The goal is to list only a few pages; let me know if you have better ones.

• Hälsingland - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Dalarna - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Småland - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Valdres - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Hallingdal - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Telemark - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Gudbrandsdal - tourism, culture, music, maps
• Voss - tourism, culture, music, maps

People

Again, a very incomplete list. Please give me suggestions!

• Loretta Kelley - Hardanger fiddle
• Karin Loberg Code - Hardanger fiddle
• Paul Morrissett - Hardanger fiddle, nyckelharpa, fiddle
• Andrea Hoag - Swedish and other traditional fiddle
• Bruce Sagan - fiddle, nyckelharpa, etc. etc.
• Laurie Hart - fiddle, hardingfele, nyckelharpa
• Roo Lester - dance instructor

Bands etc.

Again, a very incomplete list. Please give me suggestions!

• Dråm - Swedish folk duo

Pages of Links

There are more links than can be reasonably given on this page, so here are other pages with more resources.

• Swedish Traditional Music Links - "the most popular Swedish folk music pages"
• Carl Rahkonen's Links
• Årets Näck Site - in case you wondered if this is for real
• ArosHambon - pictures from dance events, links to other resources

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