Jon Eriksson Helland II
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Jon Eriksson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark
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The eldest son of Erik Jonsson Helland
, Jon died only 20 years of age. He was considered very gifted, and his father had great expectations for him, as seen from the fact that he took him on his travels to Kristiania (now Oslo) and Horten
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Because of his early death, he did not make many violins. However, it is likely that he would have been a greater violin maker still, than his father.
Telemark
is a county in Norway, bordering Vestfold, Buskerud, Hordaland, Rogaland and Aust-Agder. The county administration is in Skien. Until 1919 the county was known as Bratsberg amt.-Location:...
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The eldest son of Erik Jonsson Helland
Erik Jonsson Helland
Erik Jonsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.He was the eldest son of the Hardangerfiddle maker Jon Eriksson Helland....
, Jon died only 20 years of age. He was considered very gifted, and his father had great expectations for him, as seen from the fact that he took him on his travels to Kristiania (now Oslo) and Horten
Horten
is a town and municipality in Vestfold county, Norway—located along the Oslofjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Horten. The municipality also includes the villages of Borre, Åsgårdstrand, Skoppum, and Nykirke....
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Because of his early death, he did not make many violins. However, it is likely that he would have been a greater violin maker still, than his father.
See also
- The Helland fiddle maker familyThe Helland fiddle maker familyThe Helland family from Bø in Telemark is a Norwegian dynasty of Hardanger fiddle makers who made the most significant and important contribution to the development of the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle tradition. The celebrated Norwegian fiddler Ole Bull played on Helland fiddles.During nearly 200...