Norse Fiddle
Norse Fiddle
Norse Fiddle: Websites of interest
- Hardanger Fiddle Association of America
- Active organization of friendly Norwegian folk music and dance enthusiasts.
- Fiddle Sessions Webzine, a Mel Bay Publication
- Karen has a series of articles about Hardanger fiddle in the following back issues: August 2006, Strange Fiddle in the Attic: Part I
October 2006, Strange Fiddle in the Attic: Part II
December 2006, Strange Fiddle in the Attic: Part III
February 2007, Strange Fiddle in the Attic: Part IV
- Young Audiences of Minnesota
- Young Audiences connects children of all ages to musicians, artists, actors, dancers, and writers who do performances, workshops and residencies in schools, at camps, after-school programs, and festivals for families. Karen has been on the Young Audiences roster since 1997.
- Nisswa Stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival
- A celebration of Scandinavian and Scandinavian-American folk music in northern Minnesota
- norway.com
- Get news and information about most everything Norwegian.
Online sellers of "Norse Fiddle" products
- Ingebretsen's Scandinavian Gifts
- Everything Scandinavian located in the heart of Minneapolis.
- Scandinavian Marketplace
- Owned by one of the original Church Basement Ladies, Janet Martin, the store in Hastings, Minnesota, includes her amusing books and many other products from Scandinavian-Americans and abroad.
- Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum
- Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum embodies the living heritage of Norwegian immigrants to America. Sharing this cultural legacy can inspire people of all backgrounds to celebrate tradition.
With 16 historic buildings in its main complex, which occupies most of a square block in downtown Decorah, Iowa, and two National Register sites just outside the city, Vesterheim houses over 24,000 artifacts, which include large samplings from the fine, decorative, and folk arts, and the tools and machinery of early agriculture, lumbering, and other immigrant industries.
http://vesterheim.org/index.php
- NorseAmerica, LLC
- We are America's premier catalog of Norwegian museum replicas and Norse cultural items. NorseAmerica is a private company owned by a Norwegian/American husband-and-wife team. In an effort to transcend cultural boundaries, our goal is to provide Americans with the finest of Norwegian culture from the Viking Age to present. We are the exclusive importer/distributor of the majority of the items in this catalog. All of our premium products have been meticulously authenticated by Norwegian historical and folk organizations.
- Den Norske Butikken
- Den Norke Butikken (The Norwegian Store) is the on-line super store for the Butikken Norwegian gift shop located in the Sons of Norway Trollheim Lodge in Lakewood Colorado. The staff is made up of dedicated volunteers.