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Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. [1] The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle . Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions, is the nyckelharpa .
Music in Sweden is a vital part of Swedish culture, as evidenced by the national success of musical shows like Allsång på Skansen and Melodifestivalen. [1] Swedish music has also included more modern and influences. On a per capita basis, Sweden is the world's most successful exporter of music. [2]
Alwa (folk music group) Arbete och Fritid; Avadå Band; Bazar Blå; Boot; Bäsk; Den Fule; Dreamers' Circus; Filarfolket; Folk och Rackare; Francis; Frifot; Garmarna
Starting from the early 17th century, however, the nyckelharpa got a foothold as a popular folk instrument among spelmän (players of Swedish folk music) in the Swedish province of Uppland, which came to be the stronghold for nyckelharpa music the following centuries, including musicians like Byss-Calle (Carl Ersson Bössa, 1783–1847) from ...
The Swedish composer Edvin Kallstenius made an orchestral arrangement of the song in 1933. [2] By the early 20th century, many [who?] regarded the song unsuitable as a national anthem. From the 1890s, it was included in the "patriotic songs" section of song books, but up to the 1920s it was occasionally published just as "folk music".
Swedish culture is an offshoot of the Norse culture which dominated southern Scandinavia in prehistory.Sweden was the last of the Scandinavian countries to be Christianised, with pagan resistance apparently strongest in Svealand, where Uppsala was an old and important ritual site as evidenced by the tales of Uppsala temple.
Traditional Nordic dance music is a type of traditional music or folk music that once was common in the mainland part of the Nordic countries — Scandinavia plus Finland. The person who plays this kind of music might be called speleman (Swedish/Norwegian), spelman (Swedish), spel(l)emann (Norwegian), pelimanni (Finnish) or spillemand (Danish).
A gånglåt is a category of Swedish traditional folk music; a fiddle tune in a relaxed 4 4 or 2 4 meter. The name in Swedish means "walking tune", and the traditional tempo is that of a stately walk. Not to be referred to/or confused with a march when this is spoken of in Swedish in the traditional