Åsa Tindra Jinder (born 9 October 1963 in Upplands Väsby,

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is a Swedish nyckelharpa player, composer, producer, songwriter, author and lecturer. She has scored album chart successes in Sweden. She lives in Stockholm. 2006-2017 she lived in Acktjära outside Bollnäs, Hälsingland. In 1979 she was the youngest person ever to be awarded the title of Riksspelman or National Folk Musician. In 1995 Jinder and vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim joined Norwegian/Irish instrumental duo Secret Garden as they won the

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with " Nocturne". Her daughter

Little Jinder Astrid Maria Josefine Jinder (née Stove; born 20 February 1988), better known by her stage name Little Jinder, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, and record producer. Biography She is the daughter of Björn Stove and Åsa Jinder and granddaughte ...

is a singer.

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Åsa Jinder's website
in Swedish) Swedish folk musicians Swedish composers Swedish women songwriters Musicians from Stockholm Nyckelharpa players Riksspelmän 1963 births Living people Swedish women writers Swedish-language writers Swedish women composers {{Sweden-musician-stub