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Knut Gunnarsson Helland (November 6, 1880–June 27, 1919) was a
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The Helland fiddle maker family
{{DEFAULTSORT:Helland, Knut Gunnarsson 1880 births 1920 deaths People from Bø, Telemark Norwegian emigrants to the United States Norwegian musical instrument makers Fiddle makers
Knut Gunnarsson Helland (November 6, 1880–June 27, 1919) was a Norwegian American
Norwegian Americans ( nb, Norskamerikanere, nn, Norskamerikanarar) are Americans with ancestral roots in Norway. Norwegian immigrants went to the United States primarily in the latter half of the 19th century and the first few decades of the ...
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 ...
maker.
Biography
Knut Gunnarson Helland was from Bø,Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
. Helland worked in the traditional region of Telemark
Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...
in the workshop of his father, Gunnar Olavsson Helland, until he emigrated to United States in 1901. In 1905, he started Helland Brothers workshop in Chippewa Falls
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, Wisconsin
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, with his brother Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland. Knut Helland died in 1919, three weeks after surgery for appendicitis. His brother, Gunnar continued the workshop alone until it was closed down in 1927.
Hardanger fiddle
See also
*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 ...
References
Related Reading
*Aksdal, Bjørn (2009) ''Hardingfela felemakere og instrumentets utvikling'' (Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag)External links
The Helland fiddle maker family
{{DEFAULTSORT:Helland, Knut Gunnarsson 1880 births 1920 deaths People from Bø, Telemark Norwegian emigrants to the United States Norwegian musical instrument makers Fiddle makers