Norse Fiddle
Norse Fiddle
Norse Fiddle: Photos
- Meet my Hardanger fiddles. Buen on the left, Olsness on the right.

- Norwegian immigrants built their little country churches wherever they settled. Here I am in front of one at the Polk County Historical Museum in Crookston, Minnesota.

- Nisswa Stämman Scandinavian Folk Music Festival is "up north" in the lake country--Scandinavian music of all kinds on several stages all day, evening dances and a "smørgåsbord" dinner.

- Norse Folk Trio includes Karen Solgård, Bruce Bostrom, and Carol Sersland. Variety of dances, songs, stories, instruments, and fun!

- Tuning is a frequent activity of Hardanger fiddlers. This Buen instrument has nine strings.

- Andrea Een, professor of violin and Hardanger fiddle at St. Olaf College, leads us in a processional at the Nobel Peace Prize Forum in 2005.

- Troll Meets Trickster is a children's book written by Faythe Thureen, Norwegian Professor at University of North Dakota. This is the performance group for a multi-media presentation at Hjemkomst Center in Moorhead, Minnesota.
