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((Short description|Music genre))
((more citations needed|date=October 2021))
'''Nordic [[Traditional folk music|folk music]]''' includes a number of traditions of [[Nordic countries]], especially [[Scandinavia]]n. The [[Nordic countries]] are [[Iceland]], [[Norway]], [[Sweden]], [[Denmark]] and [[Finland]].

The many regions of the Nordic countries share certain traditions, many of which have diverged significantly. It is possible to group together Finland, [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]] and [[northwest Russia]] as sharing cultural similarities, contrasted with Norway, Sweden, Denmark and the Atlantic islands of Iceland and the Faroe Islands. Greenland's [[Inuit]] culture has its own musical traditions, influenced by Scandinavian culture. Finland shares many cultural similarities with both [[Baltics]] and the Scandinavian nations. The [[Sami people|Saami]] of Sweden, Norway, Finland and Russia have their own unique culture, with ties to the neighboring cultures.

==Scandinavian music==
((Main|Danish traditional music|Swedish folk music|Norwegian folk music#Traditional and folk music))
The [[dulcimer]] and [[fiddle]] are the two most characteristic instruments found throughout Scandinavia. In Norway, the eight- or nine-stringed [[hardanger fiddle]] is also found. [[Gammaldans]] are a kind of dance song played by [[harmonica]] and [[accordion]], popular in both Sweden and Norway in the late 19th and early 20th century.

[[Circle dance|Circle dancing]] while singing [[ballad]]s is a historic part of the folk traditions of all of northern Europe. Only the [[Faroe Islands]] have maintained this tradition to the present day, though it has been revived in some other areas. Iceland is home to many ancient musical practices no longer found elsewhere in the Nordic area, such as the use of parallel fifths and [[organum]].

Greenland's [[Inuit]] population has their own [[Inuit music|musical traditions]], which have been melded with elements of Nordic music, such as the [[kalattuut]] style of Greenlandic [[polka]].

Finland was long ruled by Sweden, so much of Finnish culture is influenced by Swedish. There are a number of Swedes living in Finland, and vice versa.  These communities have produced traditional and [[neo-folk]] musicians like the Swedish-Finn [[Scea Jansson]] and [[Gjallarhorn (band)|Gjallarhorn]], and the Finnish-Swedish [[Norrlåtar]] and [[JP Nyströms]].

[[Baltic psaltery|Baltic psalteries]] are a family of related [[plucked string instrument|plucked]] [[box zither]]s played throughout Finland ([[kantele]]), the Baltic states ([[kannel (instrument)|kannel]] in Estonia, [[kanklės]] in Lithuania and [[kokles]] in Latvia respectively) and northwest Russia ([[krylovidnye gusli]]). A bowed [[lyre]] (Swedish ''tagelharpa'', Estonian ''talharpa'' or ''hiiurootsi kannel'', Finnish ''jouhikko'' or ''jouhikantele'') was formerly played among Swedes living in Estonia, but usage declined until a recent revival. In the 19th century, all the Baltic states saw an influx of foreign instruments and styles, resulting in fusions like the [[zither kokles]] and German-influenced [[ziņģe]] singing style of Latvia.

==Sami music==
((main article|Sámi music))

The Sami are found in Norway, Sweden, Finland and the northwest corner of Russia.  The only traditional Sami instruments are [[Drum kit|drums]] and the [[flute]], though modern bands use a variety of instrumentation.  [[Joik]]s, unrhymed works without definite structure, are the most characteristic kind of song.

==Balto-Finnic music==
[[File:Latviu senovinio folkloro grupe Vilki.2009-08-22.jpg|thumbnail|right|Latvian men's folk ensemble "Vilki" performing at the festival of [[Baltic people|Baltic]] [[crafts]] and [[warfare]] "[[Apuolė 854]]" in Apuolė Castle mound, August 2009]]
Balto-Finnic music is a category of music of [[Balto-Finnic people]], that overlaps with both Nordic folk music of [[Nordic countries]] and Baltic folk music of [[Baltic states]].

Finland's musical ties are primarily to the Balto-Finnic peoples of Russia and Estonia (Cronshaw, 91). [[Runolaulu]] (runo-song) is a kind of song found throughout this area. Estonia and Finland both have national epics based on interconnected forms of runo-song, ''[[Kalevipoeg]]'' and ''[[Kalevala]]'', respectively. "Estonian runo-song has the same basic form as the Finnish variety to which it is related: the line has eight beats, the melody rarely spans more than the first five notes of a diatonic scale and its short phrases tend to use descending patterns" (Cronshaw, 16).

== Contemporary Applications ==
In recent times Nordic folk music is used in developing the background score for movies, TV shows and games. Popular TV shows like [[Game of Thrones]] and games like [[God of War (franchise)|God of War]] have used Nordic folk music to give a mythic experience.<ref>((Cite web |date=2018-04-24 |title='God of War': How Viking Folk Music Inspired "Audacious" New Game's Soundtrack |url=https://www.revolvermag.com/culture/god-war-how-viking-folk-music-inspired-audacious-new-games-soundtrack |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Revolver |language=en))</ref>

==See also==
*[[Neofolk]]
*[[Nordic popular music]]

==References==
((Reflist))
*Nettl, Bruno. ''Folk and Traditional Music of the Western Continents''. 1965. Prentice-Hall. Eaglewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
*Broughton, Simon and Mark Ellingham with James McConnachie and Orla Duane (Ed.), ''World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East''. Rough Guides Ltd, Penguin Books. ((ISBN|1-85828-636-0)), The Book of Music and Nature: An Anthology of Sounds, Words, Thoughts (Music Culture)

==Further reading==
*((cite book|author=Smith, Frederick Key|title=Nordic Art Music: From the Middle Ages to the Third Millennium|isbn=0275973999|publisher=Praeger Publishers|date=2002|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CAxn7Cp41z4C))
*((cite book|author=Yoell, John H.|title=The Nordic Sound: Explorations into the Music of Denmark, Norway, Sweden|year=1974|publisher=Crescendo Pub. Co|isbn=0-87597-090-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/nordicsoundexplo00yoel))

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