Erik Martin Andreas Ask-Upmark (born 13 May, 1973) is a Swedish musician and

riksspelman The title of riksspelman (, ''National Spelman'') is a generally recognized badge of mastery for Swedish folk musicians. It is an honor bestowed upon bearers of the silver or gold Zorn Badge, awarded annually by the Zorn Jury, a panel of expe ...

on the svensk säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe). He mainly performs with the groups Svanevit, Dråm and

Falsobordone Falsobordone is a style of recitation found in music from the 15th to the 18th centuries. Most often associated with the harmonization of Gregorian psalm tones, it is based on root position triads and is first known to have appeared in southern Eu ...

in which he plays säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe) and

harp The harp is a stringed musical instrument that has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard; the strings are plucked with the fingers. Harps can be made and played in various ways, standing or sitting, and in orche ...

, together with his wife

Anna Rynefors Anna Rynefors (born 17 December 1974) is a Swedish musician who plays nyckelharpa and Swedish bagpipe. Together with her husband Erik Ask-Upmark, Rynefors is part of the groups Falsobordone, Dråm and Svanevit. Rynefors became Sweden's first fema ...

.Anna är unik i sitt slag
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TTELA {{italic title ''TTELA'' is a Swedish daily newspaper which covers the municipalities Trollhättan, Vänersborg, Lilla Edet and Mellerud in the provinces Västergötland and Dalsland in the Västra Götaland County, West Sweden. The newspaper is o ...

'', 2012-06-15 He also plays skalmeja and

portative organ A portative organ (from the Latin verb , "to carry"), also known during Italian Trecento as the , is a small pipe organ that consists of one rank of flue pipes, sometimes arranged in two rows, to be played while strapped to the performer at a ri ...

. Ask-Upmark also runs the record company Nordic Tradition, which mainly publishes recordings and productions with

Swedish folk music Swedish folk music is a genre of music based largely on folkloric collection work that began in the early 19th century in Sweden. The primary instrument of Swedish folk music is the fiddle. Another common instrument, unique to Swedish traditions ...

. Together with Anna Rynefors he also runs a production company. Ask-Upmark is the son of the author

Barbro Karlén Barbro Karlén (24 May 1954 – 12 October 2022), later Barbro Ask-Upmark, was a Swedish writer of both prose and poetry, and a dressage rider. Career Karlén became a prolific writer from an early age. A book of her poetry, ''Människan på jo ...

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* Swedish folk musicians Säckpipa players Harpists 1973 births Living people Riksspelmän {{Sweden-musician-stub