It was in 1990, the year that a 24-year-old Olov Johansson won the first Nyckelharpa World Championships at Österbybruk, Sweden—the nyckelharpa is an early Swedish relative to violin with keyed notes ...

LINDSBORG — It's almost time to raise the Majstång as Little Sweden prepares to host Midsummer's Festival this weekend. Celebrated every year in June, Midsummer brings the traditions of the Swedish ...

The nyckelharpa or “key harp” is a traditional Swedish musical instrument. It is a string instrument. Its keys are attached to tangents which, when a key is depressed, serve as frets to change the ...

Picture is of the Procession of the Midsummer Pole. Jamestown’s Scandinavian Folk Festival will take place this summer, after a two-year COVID hiatus, while moving to downtown Jamestown. The festival ...

Queen Silvia arrives to the Skansen open-air museum in Stockholm on June 6th, 2005, to take part when the National Day for the first time is celebrated as a national holiday in Sweden. Photo by: SVEN ...

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Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. With a magical interplay of hurdy-gurdy & accordion, Symbio fuses virtuosic ...

What would happen if the baroque music of Bach was combined with Swedish folk music? This question was posed by Stockholm Early Music Festival director Peter Pontvik to musicians Gunnar Idenstam and ...

Music Review: Swedish Indie Folk Singer Sarah Klang's 'Beautiful Woman' Is Stunning NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — In a clipped Nordic accent, Swedish indie folk singer Sarah Klang politely asked the ...

On the island of Djurgarden, the sisters behind the clothing line House of Dagmar hosted a traditional feast to celebrate the ...