ANA Photo Archive
New to the nyckelharpa? Or just want to learn more about its history? Check out Bart Brasher's informative article about nyckelharpa history, full of photos!
Photos of Nyckelharpa Players
We have divided our photos into 5 categories. Each section is then sorted by the last name of the musician.
American | Swedish | French | German | Misc
Eric Sahlström, the best nyckelharpa player of the 20th century, was a master player as well as a master builder. His tireless work in the first half of this century truly saved the nyckelharpa from extinction. Today there are around 8000 to 10,000 nyckelharpa players in Sweden, and about 150 in North America.
Photos of nyckelharpa events in the United States
StringNation festival 2007 (Flickr)
A festival celebrating string instruments from all over the world was held in Camden, NJ in May. Väsen gave workshops on Scandinavian music.
2007 Stämma - East Coast (Flickr)
Featured musicians Edward Anderzon & Elin Skoglund, held in Richboro, PA on April 20 - 22, 2007.
1996 ANA Stämma - Seattle, WA
18 nyckelharpa players, 7 fiddle players, and 2 guitar players came to the ANA's second annual Nyckelharpa Stämma.
1995 ANA Stämma - Seattle, WA
On Saturday 26 August 1995, twenty-one (!) nyckelharpa players gathered at the Island Center Hall on Bainbridge Island (just across the sound from Seattle) for the first-ever-outside-of-Sweden Spelmansstämma specifically for nyckelharpa players.