Swedish musical instruments

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

Nordic overtone flute

thumb|Psalmodicon from a farm on the island Skorpa, Nordland|Skorpa in [[Helgeland, Norway, with bow and music book in siffernotskrift]] thumb|Psalmodikon from Gagnef, Dalarna, Sweden, made in 1869, originally with three strings thumb|Psalmodikon, played at the School Museum in Djurmo, Dalarna, Sweden The psalmodicon (psalmodikon or salmodikon) is a stringed musical instrument a type of Monochord; the most common variants have a single string. It was developed in Scandinavia for simplifying music in churches and schools, and as an alternative to the fiddle for sacred music. The instrument coul

variety of bagpipes from Sweden

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type of natural trumpet made of spruce covered with birch bark

thumb|300px|Moraharpa dated 1526 in the Zorn Collections, [[Mora Municipality, Sweden]] right|thumb|205px|Schlüsselfiedel (lower right corner)

plucked string instrument widely used in north-western Europe from pre-Christian to medieval times