Gunleik "Gullik" Jonsson Helland (1828–1863) was a Norwegian
Hardanger fiddle maker from
Bø in
Telemark,
Norway.
Gunleik (the name was written both ways) Helland, son of the first fiddle maker at Helland cotters farm, worked several years in his father's workshop until he left Bø and went to
Horten
is a town and municipality in Vestfold in Vestfold og Telemark county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the town of Åsgårdstrand an ...
, Norway and became a steam machine engineer in the Navy.
He died 1863 in the North Atlantic when his ship D/S ''Rjukan'', from Bugge's shipowners in
Bergen, Norway sank south of
Iceland.
See also
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The Helland fiddle maker family
The Helland family from Bø in Telemark is a Norwegian dynasty of Hardanger fiddle makers who made the most significant and important contribution to the development of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition. The celebrated Norwegian fiddler O ...
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The Helland fiddle maker family
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1828 births
1863 deaths
Norwegian musical instrument makers
Fiddle makers