Lars Roverud (19 December 1776 – 26 February 1850) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

musician and music teacher, among others at

Asker Seminary Asker Seminary was a teachers' seminary at Bjerke near Tanum. Tanum is located in Bærum, which then was a part of Asker parish. The seminary was established in 1834 to educate teachers that conformed with the School Act of 1827. The education s ...

and the Practical-Theological Seminary. He played a prominent role in popularising the

psalmodikon The psalmodicon (psalmodikon or salmodikon) is a stringed musical instrument; the most common variants have a single string. It was developed in Scandinavia for simplifying music in churches and schools, and as an alternative to the fiddle f ...

, a one-string bowed instrument, for musical education and church music in Norway.

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1776 births 1850 deaths Norwegian musicians Norwegian schoolteachers {{Norway-musician-stub