{"id":1845,"date":"2022-08-02T22:02:06","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T22:02:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/?page_id=1845"},"modified":"2022-08-02T22:03:26","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T22:03:26","slug":"polka-efter-alfred-pa-hultet","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/polka-efter-alfred-pa-hultet\/","title":{"rendered":"Polka efter Alfred P\u00e5 Hultet"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\u00a0 This\u00a0Polka efter Alfred P\u00e5 Hultet<\/strong> is from the maritime province of Bohusl\u00e4n, on the west coast of Sweden, bordering on Norway.\u00a0 A fiddler there, Alfred Olsson, had the nickname “Alfred p\u00e5 Hultet”, referring to the landscape of where he lived.<\/p>

The coastline of Bohusl\u00e4n is dotted with hundreds of islands in an archipelago which extends into Oslofjord in Norway.<\/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

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The tune can be played at different speeds, as a fast polka, or as a slower piece suitable for the dance called\u00a0snoa<\/strong>.<\/p>

Here<\/span><\/a> is a YouTube video of some musicians from Finland playing the Polska efter Alfred P\u00e5 Hultet.<\/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

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To the left is a video of me playing the tune.<\/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":"

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