NRK Folkemusikk is

NRK NRK, an abbreviation of the Norwegian ''Norsk Rikskringkasting Aksjeselskap, AS'', generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and ...

's tenth radio channel, and was the first in

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to be broadcast exclusively via DAB and

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. The channel broadcasts music only, without presenters. The music consists of both new and old traditional

Norwegian folk music Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pil ...

in addition to some world music. The channel uses and includes recordings of

folk music Folk music is a music genre that includes traditional folk music and the contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has b ...

from the NRK archives, which contain over 50,000 recordings dating from 1934 until today, as well as other recordings. The channel started broadcasting as ''NRK Alltid Folkemusikk'' on 7 December 2004 but later simplified its name to the present NRK Folkemusikk.

External links

Official website

NRK Folkemusikk (Internet radio)
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