{"id":1380,"date":"2022-01-29T00:13:55","date_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:13:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/?page_id=1380"},"modified":"2022-01-29T00:17:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-29T00:17:01","slug":"polska-efter-wiger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/polska-efter-wiger\/","title":{"rendered":"Polska efter Wiger"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1380\" class=\"elementor elementor-1380\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edae3b0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edae3b0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c982d0a\" data-id=\"c982d0a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-814cd4c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"814cd4c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0 This\u00a0<strong>Polska efter Wiger<\/strong> actually comes from the repertoire of a fiddler, Erik Skoglund Wiger, 1860 &#8211; 1940.\u00a0 \u00a0He lived in the area around the town of J\u00e4rvs\u00f6, in central H\u00e4lsingland.<\/p><p>The tune is used most often as a\u00a0<strong>hambo<\/strong>, and is widely played by Swedish fiddlers, and especially American fiddlers who play for Swedish dancing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d057b5e\" data-id=\"d057b5e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-378cb9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"378cb9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/folksweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0502078hambostatue-612x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-582\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/folksweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0502078hambostatue-612x1024.jpg 612w, https:\/\/folksweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0502078hambostatue-179x300.jpg 179w, https:\/\/folksweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0502078hambostatue-768x1285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/folksweden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/0502078hambostatue.jpg 828w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-33950a5\" data-id=\"33950a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1d39546 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1d39546\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>This is one of the dance tunes used for the annual dance contest called\u00a0<strong>H\u00e4lsinge Hambo<\/strong>.\u00a0 \u00a0The contest was started in 1966, and by the mid 1970&#8217;s had as many as 1500 couples participating!<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=A4KVVLcd3dQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Here<\/a> is a YouTube video of the Polska efter Wiger being played at a Swedish fiddle festival in 2021.<\/p><p>To the left you can see a statue of a hambo-dancing couple in the town of J\u00e4rvs\u00f6.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 This\u00a0Polska efter Wiger actually comes from the repertoire of a fiddler, Erik Skoglund Wiger, 1860 &#8211; 1940.\u00a0 \u00a0He lived in the area around the town of J\u00e4rvs\u00f6, in central H\u00e4lsingland. The tune is used most often as a\u00a0hambo, and is widely played by Swedish fiddlers, and especially American fiddlers who play for Swedish dancing. 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