{"id":6249,"date":"2026-02-06T01:51:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:51:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/folksweden.com\/?page_id=6249"},"modified":"2026-03-03T21:12:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T21:12:02","slug":"svardsjovisan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/folksweden.com\/index.php\/svardsjovisan\/","title":{"rendered":"Sv\u00e4rdsj\u00f6visan"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6249\" class=\"elementor elementor-6249\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59e1e5c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59e1e5c\" 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-b1f6fc7\" data-id=\"b1f6fc7\" 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-26127a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26127a4\" 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>&nbsp; Sv\u00e4rdsj\u00f6 is a small village in the province of Dalarna.&nbsp; It lies in the easternmost part of the province, almost to G\u00e4strikland.<\/p>\n<p>One of the foremost fiddlers from the area was Hjort Anders Olsson, from the nearby town of Bingsj\u00f6.&nbsp; He was born in 1865, and lived well into the 20th century.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sv\u00e4rdsj\u00f6visan (the Air from Sv\u00e4rdsj\u00f6) was one of the tunes he was most known for.<\/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-d886f8f\" data-id=\"d886f8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\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-e234df8\" data-id=\"e234df8\" 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-d16ce12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d16ce12\" 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>There are many slight variations of the tune.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=GdstKXUZCD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Here<\/span><\/strong><\/a> is a recording he made on cylinder around 1900 with another great fiddler.\u00a0 And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=UCDvFSHGKmc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>here<\/strong><\/span><\/a> is a good YouTube video of it being played by a current famous fiddler, Ole Hjorth.<\/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>&nbsp; Sv\u00e4rdsj\u00f6 is a small village in the province of Dalarna.&nbsp; It lies in the easternmost part of the province, almost to G\u00e4strikland. 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