Daniel Sandén-Warg (born 1977 in

Östersund Östersund (; sma, Staare) is an urban area (city) in Jämtland in the middle of Sweden. It is the seat of Östersund Municipality and the capital of Jämtland County. Östersund is located at the shores of Sweden's fifth-largest lake, Storsjön, ...

) is a

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Hardanger fiddle A Hardanger fiddle ( no, hardingfele) is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings (rather than fo ...

r and silversmith from

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. He also plays Jew's harp, key harp, guitar and regular fiddle. He moved to

Setesdal Setesdal (; older name: Sætersdal) is a valley and a traditional district in Agder County in southern Norway. It consists of the municipalities of Bykle, Valle, Bygland, Iveland, and Evje og Hornnes. The Otra river flows through the valley of ...

to be closer to the folk music scene there. In Setesdal,

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was one of his teachers in both music and silversmithing. He is a member of the folk music group

Harv Bernard Harvey (born August 17, 1985), known professionally as Harv, is an American record producer, musician and songwriter from Kansas City, Kansas and based in Los Angeles, who has produced acclaimed work for major recording artists such as ...

, which he founded with

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 a member of the music collective Knut Heddis Minne. He has worked together with the Hardanger fiddler Per Anders Buen Garnås and in 2008, they released the album ''Warg Buen'' on ta:lik. Together with the

Jew's harp Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

player Sigurd Brokke, he released the albums ''Rammeslag'' (2007) and ''Rammeslag II'' (2009) on Etnisk musikklubb. Both won the Folkelarmprisen in the solo class. For ''Rammeslag II'', they were also nominated for the Spellemannprisen 2009 in the folk music/traditional dance class. Sandén-Warg has also played in the backing band to

Odd Nordstoga Odd Nordstoga (born 10 December 1972) is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway. In 2004, he went from relative obscurity to becoming the country's biggest selling recording artist, with the phenomenal success o ...

and on releases by

Aasmund Nordstoga Aasmund Nordstoga (born 26 August 1964) is a Norwegian musician, singer and composer from Vinje, Telemark. He made his solo debut in 2009 with the album ''Ein '', an album for which he was nominated for the Spellemannsprisen award. He released the ...

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Gåte Gåte ( en, riddle) is a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band was put together by Sveinung Sundli (violin, keyboards) in ...

and

Hanne Hukkelberg Hanne Hukkelberg (born 17 April 1979) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and producer from Kongsberg, Norway. Hukkelberg started singing and playing instruments at the age of 3. In her youth, she was a vocalist covering genres such as jazz, rock, ...

. He has received an artist's stipend from the state to drive folk music.

Discography

* ''Rammeslag'' (Etnisk musikklubb, 2007) with Sigurd Brokke * ''Warg Buen'' (ta:lik, 2008) with Per Anders Buen Garnås * ''Rammeslag II'' (Etnisk musikklubb, 2009) with Sigurd Brokke

References

External links

Biography from folkemusikk.no

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