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Robert "Bud" Larsen (born 1942) is an American craftsman and maker of Hardanger fiddles. His making of Hardanger fiddles is a side activity.
Larsen's father played violin and Hardanger fiddle. He had emigrated from Førde, Sunnfjord, Norway and lived for many years in Fargo, North Dakota.
Robert Larsen, at the age of 14, apprenticed to the Norwegian-American violin maker Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland as a repairman and a fiddle maker in Fargo from 1957 to 1965.[ clarification needed ]
A Hardanger fiddle is a traditional stringed instrument considered to be the national instrument of Norway. In modern designs, this type of fiddle is very similar to the violin, though with eight or nine strings and thinner wood. The earliest known example of the hardingfele is from 1651, made by Ole Jonsen Jaastad in Hardanger, Norway. Originally, the instrument had a rounder, narrower body. Around the year 1850, the modern layout with a body much like the violin became the norm.
The 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.
Helland Brothers was a fiddle makers' shop in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, United States, 1905–1927.
Jon Eriksson Helland (1790–1862), born Jon Eriksson Hellos, was a Norwegian Hardanger violin maker from Bø in Telemark.
Gunleik "Gullik" Jonsson Helland (1828–1863) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Erik Jonsson Helland (1816–1868) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker.
Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Knut Eriksson Helland (1851–1880) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Jon Eriksson Helland II (1849–1869) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark.
Gunnar Olavsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle (hardingfele) maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Knut Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian American Hardanger fiddle maker.
Olav Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian-American Hardanger fiddle maker.
Jon Gunnarsson Helland (1897–1977) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Knut Knutsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Knut Eilevsson Steintjønndalen was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Events in the year 1862 in Norway.
Events in the year 1880 in Norway.
Helland is a Norwegian surname which may refer to:
Gunnar Helland may refer to: