Anders Norudde (born Anders Stake, 1960) is a

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musician, multi-instrumentalist, and

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. After finishing school, Anders took a job at the ironworks in

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, where, in his spare time, he practiced

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and played rock music on the guitar. After hearing the band

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on the radio, Anders became interested in the melodies of traditional Swedish folk music. He began attending folk music festivals in

Ransäter Ransäter () is a smaller locality in Munkfors Municipality, Sweden. In 2010, it had a population of 114. Ransäter is the birthplace of Erik Gustaf Geijer, Sten Bergman, and Tage Erlander Tage Fritjof Erlander (; 13 June 1901 – 21 June 1 ...

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, and was particularly inspired by the music of Anders Rosén and Mats Edén of Groupa. He also developed an interest in the construction of musical instruments, and participated in a four-year course in violin making in

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. Graduation from this course qualified him as a member of S.V.I.T. (Swedish Violinmakers in the Italian Tradition). Anders has built 41 fiddles (including the

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played by

Magnus Stinnerbom Magnus Stinnerbom is a fiddler from Värmland, Sweden, whose principal instrument is the viola. He is the son of the influential fiddler Leif Stinnerbom, who co-founded the Nordic folk band Groupa. Magnus is currently playing with the groups ...

), and has sold all but one of them (a

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that he still plays). In 1987, he formed the band

Hedningarna Hedningarna (''The Heathens'') is a Swedish, and for some years partly Finnish, folk music band that mixes electronics and rock with elements from old Scandinavian folk music. Their music features yoik or juoiggus, a traditional Sami form of so ...

(meaning "The Heathens) together with percussionist Björn Tollin and

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wanting to explore the possibilities of developing a new musical style based on elements of traditional music. The group wrote and played a major part of the music to theatre project ''Den stora vreden'' (rough translation: ''The Great Wrath'') at Gävleborgs folkteater (the county theatre of Gävleborg), first time performed in 1988, that attracted much attention. A fairly large portion of the music on their first record was originally performed in that play. Anders has dedicated an important amount of his creativity to the potentials offered by such ancient instruments as

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, the

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(an early predecessor of the

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) and the sälgflöjt or

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. As part of his work with Hedningarna, Anders has constructed a number of unique instruments, some reproductions of ancient instruments such as the

, and some novel instruments based on a combination of traditional and modern design principles. In the mid-'90s, Anders and his fiancée Ingrid spent a considerable amount of time and effort renovating the old cottage of Anders's grandmother, located in the northern part of the Udden headland in Lake Ölen,

, for which they won an award. When they married in 1997, they decided that they would both take a new surname. They decided on ''Norudde'', in honor of the cottage. He currently lives in

Karlskoga Karlskoga () is a locality and the seat of Karlskoga Municipality, Sweden. Located within Örebro County, 45 km (28 mi) west of Örebro, and 10 km (6 mi) north of Degerfors. With a 2020 population of 27,386 distributed over 10.55 square miles (27. ...

with his wife Ingrid and two children, John and Hedda.

Discography

*Hedningarna (with Hedningarna), 1989 *Kaksi (with Hedningarna), 1991 *Blå Bergens Borduner (The blue mountain drones), 1993 *Trä (with Hedningarna), 1994 *Kruspolska: SASHA mixes, 1994 *Hippjokk (with Hedningarna), 1997 *Karelia Visa (with Hedningarna), 1999 *Kan Själv / Himself (solo), 2000 *1989–2003 (with Hedningarna), 2003 *Med hull och hår (with

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and Göran "Freddy" Fredriksson, 2003 *Böndernas underverk / Farmer's Miracle (with Lennart Gybrandt), 2005 *Inga kônstigheter (with Blå Bergens Borduner), 2015

External links

S.V.I.T. – Swedish Violinmakers in the Italian Tradition
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