On July 4 of that year, seeking refuge from economic conditions and the Norwegian state church, a group of six families ...

Fargo-Moorhead is celebrating 200 years of Norwegian immigration with a concert featuring a handmade Hardanger fiddle.

Create an account or log in to save stories. Bud Larsen built his first Hardanger fiddle when he was in the seventh grade. Now 80 years old, he’s built more than 40 of the instruments and repaired ...

DECORAH | Former Decorah resident Helen Harvey studied violin since she was a child, but has never enjoyed playing a stringed instrument as much as she does now. Harvey, who lives in Sioux City, began ...

The Holmen Area Historical Society will explore musical roots with a discussion of the Norwegian hardanger fiddle, sometimes called the national instrument of Norway. Elizabeth Becker will be on hand ...

This evocation of an aspect of country life is part of a radical reinterpretation of Edvard Grieg’s 19 Norske Folkeviser (19 Norwegian Folk Songs), composed in 1896. The first piece in the cycle is ...

EAST GRAND FORKS – A Nordic folk music duo is returning here to perform at 5 p.m. Monday, July 22, at the East Grand Forks Campbell Library. Admission is a freewill donation at the door. Vidar Skrede ...