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Nordic Folk Music

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The traditional music of the Nordic countries: Swedish visa song and polska fiddle tunes, Norwegian Hardanger fiddle, Finnish kantele, and the Sámi joik of the far north, revived by the folk movements of the 1970s and after.

Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland and Sápmi · emerged Medieval period · peak 1970s

Also called: scandinavian folk music, nordisk folkmusik

History

Village fiddlers and ballad singers were recorded by collectors from the nineteenth century; the 1970s revival and later groups brought the fiddle traditions and joik to concert stages.

What it sounds like

Fiddle and Hardanger fiddle tunes
Sung ballad and visa tradition
Sámi joik
Polska, hambo and other couple dances

Beneath it: hambo, joik, visa