Rickard Näslin

Rickard Näslin (born 24 September 1947 in Östersund) is a Swedish musician based in Jämtland, Sweden. He is a violinist and composer of Swedish folk music. Näslin was a founding member of the folk music group Leikstulaget in 1974, and established the Östersunds Spelmanslag (Fiddle Company of Ostersund) in 1993.[1]

He was honoured with the title of riksspelman (Swedish for 'National Spelman') in 1978 and the Lapp-Nils Medal in 1998.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Rickard Näslin". Jamtlandica.com. Archived from the original on 2013-10-28. Retrieved 12 December 2025.

Jones, Petra: Jämtland (Sweden) Forest, Fjörds, and Fiddles, in Fiddler Magazine (Fall 2006)

Listen to Rickard Näslin's compositions

Rickard Näslin (violin) and Göran Andersson (violin) play Lapp-Nils songs from Western Jämtland:

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