Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen

MultePod presents: Destination: Finnskog, Part 1

January 9, 2010

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Destination: Finnskog, Part 1 A musical visit to the Finnish Woods, which are not in Finland. You can read more about the Forest Finns on Wikipedia. You can also watch a video of the Norwegian dance from Finnskog and get information about an upcoming Finnskog music/dance workshop in the USA. If you're new to listening to audio online and [...]

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EVENT: Finnskogpols Workshops, April 16-19, 2010

November 23, 2009

Skandia Folkdance Society has announed that this year's Springdans Northwest dance and music workshops (April 16-19, 2010) will feature the Finnskogpols (Polsdans from Finnskoga) taught by Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen and Veslemøy Nordset from Norway. Originating in the border area between Sweden and Norway, this dance is embraced by Swedes and Norwegians alike — as [...]

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Finnskogpols: Dancing from the past to the future

August 13, 2009

The Norwegian national folk music/dance competition, NM i Folkemusikk 2009, had some unexpected and pleasant surprises, particularly in the Senior Dance competition for regular fiddle. This year, by the way, there was no Klasse B (Open / Adult class) or Klasse A (Master Class) categories. Most categories were simply split into Junior and Senior. One [...]

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