Ur Skogen

With nyckelharpa and Swedish bagpipes, we invite you to various Scandinavian traditional dances played with steady groove, rhythmical details and tasty modal scales.
With years of experience in dance teaching, we help every dancer learn more Nordic delicacies to enjoy on the dancefloor.

Ur Skogen is :
Emelie Waldken on nyckelharpa
Erik Orvehed on säckpipa and Nordic folk flutes

Balfolk Emelie solo

Emelie needs only her instruments to make dancers turn on the dancefloor all night long ! The recipe ? Her favourite Swedish tunes, some balfolk repertoire and personal compositions.
Nyckelharpa, fiddle, singing and foot percussion.
Accoustic or with amplification.

Workshops ideas : nyckelharpa techniques, Nordic fiddle techniques, Swedish repertoire (all instruments), polska dancing (basics or advanced), Swedish folk menuett, slängpolska, schottis variations...

Harpavei

Emelie Waldken and Sara Buffler play many strings, on harp and nyckelharpa plus their vocal cords, for a musical journey based on folk songs and dancing tunes, mists and trees and mountains.
Concerts, balfolks and workshops.

Svall Duo

Balfolk band with Scandinavian taste, with Sylvain Pool on guitar and cittern.

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Knupia

Knupia is the story of two bands becoming a family. It is Sweden, the Netherlands and Switzerland united in a common balfolk and Scandinavian repertoire. Knep and Nubia put all their musicians and dance teachers together on stage, for a visible tight-bond energy carrying the dancers' feet all night long.
Kris van't Klooster (NL) - mandolin
Emelie Waldken (SE) - nyckelharpa, fiddle
Tim Hofmeester (SE) - guitar, bouzouki, cajon
Jolanda Snellenberg (SE) - clarinett, bass clarinett, dance teaching
Pascal Rüegger (CH) - percussion, guitar, dance teaching