Nisswastämman Virtual
Festival 2021
Nisswa-stämman
Scandinavian Folk Music festival will hold it’s finale
festival, virtually, on June 11, 12 & 13, 2021. For 21
years, Nisswa-stämman has been one of the premiere
Scandinavian folk music festivals in the USA, attracting
countless musicians and lovers of this understated and
beautiful folk music and dance. The board and staff of the
festival have decided that it is now time to let a new
generation carry forward, so this will be the last official
Nisswa-stämman. It is intended to be a celebration of the
entire history of the event, so musicians from 2001 to 2020
were invited to submit a video performance and 65 responses
were received, with a total of 211 musicians participating.
The event will stream on the Nisswastämman YouTube page on
three consecutive evenings at 7 pm CDT each night, June 11,
12 &13, 2021. Friday night concert: https://youtu.be/ktw2--cza-g
Sat night concert: https://youtu.be/qyRG6Dm_NsA
Sunday night concert https://youtu.be/UoXAiF1yWw8.
June 11 will showcase the traditional Friday night concert
and dance, featuring 5 bands from the Nordic countries.
These concert groups include Julie Alapnes &
Halvard Rundberg, Norway; Olov Johansson, Erika Lindgren
Liljenstolpe & Robert Larsson, Sweden; the Järvelä
Family Band, Finland; Guldhammer & Høirup
featuring Bugge, Tesch and Kjøller-Henningsen, Denmark.
The last band is a collection of well known
musicians from Røros, Norway who call themselves
“Greetings From Røros" playing a set of
fantastic dance music. Dancing along
‘simultaneously’ will be the Norske Folkedanslaget from
Minneapolis, highlighted in a small inset window on the
screen. This could be the first synchronised trans-Atlantic
dance ever done in this manner. The next two evenings, Sat
& Sun June 12, 13, at 7 pm CDT, will feature
approximately 30 performances each night, submitted by
alumni Nisswa-stämman musicians from Norway, Sweden,
Denmark, Finland and the USA. A
complete list of performers is available, in the order of
appearance, on the website. There will be no admission
charged, but there will be an opportunity for the public to
donate money through PayPal.com with links on the web pages.
All monies collected will go directly through to the
performing musicians. Nisswastämman is partially supported
by grants from Five Wings Arts Council and the Minnesota
State Arts Board Arts and Cultural Heritage fund.
Nisswastämman is a 501c3 nonprofit organization
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