{"id":524,"date":"2021-09-02T13:32:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/?page_id=524"},"modified":"2021-09-02T13:40:51","modified_gmt":"2021-09-02T13:40:51","slug":"karl-xiis-vals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/karl-xiis-vals\/","title":{"rendered":"Karl XIIs Vals"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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This version of\u00a0Karl XIIs Vals<\/strong> comes from the playing of the celebrated Uppland fiddler, “G\u00e5s-Anders” Ljungqvist<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0 He lived from 1815 to 1896. Ljungqvist got the nickname “G\u00e5s-Anders” as a teenager when he had work tending geese.<\/p>

\u00a0 His playing was spectacular, and inspired many stories of his supernatural abilities, including making the furniture dance, playing his fiddle without touching it, and even playing with his toes!<\/p>

\u00a0 He played for over 150 weddings, and countless other events.\u00a0 \u00a0In 1944 a statue was dedicated to him.\u00a0 The statue was sculpted by Bror Hjorth, and stands on the grounds of Bj\u00f6rklinge church in Uppland.<\/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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\u00a0 King Karl XII<\/strong><\/a> was one of the most remarkable monarchs of Sweden.\u00a0 He led the army of Sweden in several wars.\u00a0 He died in battle from a gunshot to the head, and it was rumored that the shot was fired by one of his officers who simply wanted to stop the endless warfare that the king pursued.<\/p>

\u00a0 It is no wonder that some fiddle tunes are named for him.<\/p>

\u00a0 To the left is a photo of the famous statue of G\u00e5s-Anders in Bj\u00f6rklinge.<\/p>

\u00a0 \u00a0Here<\/a> is a YouTube video of a Swedish nyckelharpa player playing Karl XIIs Vals.<\/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":"

This version of\u00a0Karl XIIs Vals comes from the playing of the celebrated Uppland fiddler, “G\u00e5s-Anders” Ljungqvist.\u00a0 He lived from 1815 to 1896. Ljungqvist got the nickname “G\u00e5s-Anders” as a teenager when he had work tending geese. \u00a0 His playing was spectacular, and inspired many stories of his supernatural abilities, including making the furniture dance, playing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-524","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","wpbf-post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/524\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}