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nyckelharpa
Nyckelharpa (, roughly "keyed fiddle" in Swedish, , plural: ) is a "keyed" bowed chordophone, primarily originating from Sweden in its modern form, but with its historical roots scattered across medieval Europe. It is similar in appearance to a fiddle or violin but larger (in its earlier forms essentially a modified vielle), which employs key-actuated tangents along the neck to change the pitch during play, much like a hurdy-gurdy. The keys slide under the strings, with the tangents set perpendicularly to the keys, reaching above the strings. Upon key-actuation, the tangent is pressed to meet
Hardanger fiddle
traditional Norwegian stringed instrument
langeleik
The langeleik, also called langleik, is a Norwegian stringed folklore musical instrument, a droned zither.
willow flute
Nordic overtone flute
Halling
Traditional Norwegian dance
Swedish bagpipes
variety of bagpipes from Sweden
country dance
dance rhythm and type of dance
Polska
Nordic dance and music genre
Nordic folk music
music genre
Huldre
Danish folk metal band
Harpans kraft
medieval ballad
gammaldans
Gammaldans (Swedish and Nynorsk) or Gammeldans (Danish and Bokmål) (literally "old dance") is a small set of Nordic dances that became broadly popular in the late 19th century. These were also the dances of the Nordic immigrant communities in the United States.