In a workshop tucked away in the countryside of western Victoria, a fiddlemaker creates unique Norwegian instruments, helping to spice up the dying craft. Traditionally used to play Norwegian folk ...

The Hardanger Bridge is the longest suspension bridge in Norway. The remote nature of Norway's fjords has long posed challenges for transportation and connectivity, making everyday life in these areas ...

SYMPATHETIC STRINGS highlights the fiddle makers, musicians, dancers and apprentices who have formed an ardent, close-knit community of folk tradition practice around Norway’s beloved national ...

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The hosts explore Hardanger, Norway's apple land, hike to Troll’s Tongue, and savor the hospitality. The hosts travel to Hardanger in Western Norway, the land of apples and cider. They hike Norway’s ...

Bud Larsen, Hardanger Fiddle maker and teacher, looks at part of a fiddle a student is making. It is part of a growing community of fiddle makers marking the 200th anniversary of the first arrival by ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Bo’ Pgd. 1870. Ellef Johnsen ...

Maija Lindaas, a Moorhead native now living in Norway, plays the 2025 Hardanger fiddle, which hundreds of people had a hand in creating. It started as a block of wood and will debut Thursday night at ...

This hardanger fiddle was made by an unknown maker in Telemark, Norway, about 1890. It is made of a two-piece table of cedar, one-piece back of slab-cut birch with broad irregular figure descending to ...