List compiled by Karin Loberg Code
Below
is a list of kappleikar (contests)
for traditional
Norwegian fiddle and dance
that were held in the United States between 1912 and 1952. The
participants include some of the greatest immigrant Hardanger fiddlers
of the
time. For more information on these kappleiks please refer to Sound Post Vol.18, No. 1.
The
Hardanger Fiddle Association of America (HFAA) formed in 1983 and
held a juried fiddling competition ten years later. In 2003, the
program for the HFAA's AmeriKappleik included
a talent showcase that was non-competitive, though otherwise conducted
like a traditional kappleik. It even included a panel of Norwegian
judges. Since 2003,
each of our annual workshops has included an informal
talent showcase as part of
the
multi-day
program.
**********YEAR*********
| ****************************RESULTS****************************** | | | Winner: Hans Fykerud
Fiddlers: Hans
Fykerud (Stoughton, WI), Olav Ombreck
(Ada, MN)
Dancers: Hans Bakke | | 1913
Cameron, WI
Telelaget i Amerika convention | Winner(s):
Participants: | | 1914 | Winner: Hans Rygh (Joice, IA |
1915
Montevideo, MN
first official kappleik of Hardanger
Violinist
Forbundet af Amerika
| Winners: Hans Rygh (Joice, IA) and Hans
Fykerud (Stoughton, WI) | 1916
Thief River Falls, MN | Winner: Hans Rygh (Joice, IA) | 1917
Blair, WI | Winner: Harald Smedal (McFarland, WI) | 1918
Chippewa Falls, WI | Winner: Harald
Smedal
Participants, front row, from left to
right: Olav
Ormbreck, Bjørgulv
Bjørnaraa, Harald Smedal (McFarland, WI) , Knut Helland,
Gunnar Helland, Sveinung Braaten. Back row, left to
right: Olav
Smedal(?), Mattias
Byrkjenes(?), Kittil Kittelson (Kjetil "Charlie"
Kjetilson),
Sveinung T. Innleggen (Chicago, IL), Dagny Andrea Veum
Quisling,
unidentified, Helge Thoresen (Dentybow, MN), Tolleif
Strand (Chippewa
Falls, WI). | 1919
Crookston, MN | Winner: Harald Smedal (McFarland, WI) | 1920
Eau Claire, WI | Winner: Eilef
Smedal
Participants, front row, from left to
right: Sveinung
Braaten, John Gudvangen (Chicago, IL), Kittil
Kittleson
(Kjetil "Charlie" Kjetilson). Middel row, from
left: Tolleif Strand,
Olav Smedal
(Albert Lea, MN), Sjur Bjotveit (Chicago, IL),
Helge
Thyresen
(Dentybow,
MN), Olav Ormbreck, Andrea
Quisling (Madison, WI), Sveinung Innleggen,
unidentified.
Back row, from left: Eilef Smedal (La Crosse, WI),
Harald
Smedal
(McFarland,
WI),
Gunnar
Helland
(Chippewa
Falls, WI), unidentified, Hans Fykerud. | | 1921
Mt. Horeb, WI
over 8,000 attend this
kappleik! | Winners: Eilef
Smedal , Harald Smedal
Participants: Tolleif
Strand (Chippewa Falls, WI), Eilef Smedal (La Crosse,
WI),
Harald Smedal (McFarland, WI), Andrea Quisling
(Madison, WI),
Hans Fykerud (Stoughton, WI), Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa
(Wanke, MN), Sjur Bjotveit (Chicago, IL), Helge
Thyresen (Dentybow,
MN), John Gudvangen (Chicago, IL), I.G. Nordgaard
(Setesdal),
Olav Smedal (Albert Lea, MN), S. Indeleggen (Chicago,
IL),
Gunnar Helland (Chippewa Falls, WI) | 1922
Grand Forks, ND | Winner: Harald Smedal (McFarland, WI) | | 1923 | | 1924
Minneapolis, MN | Winners: Eilef Smedal, Jon Rosenlid, Dreng Ose,
Olav
Ombreck
Participants: Dreng
Ose (Setesdal), Eilef Smedal (La Crosse,
WI), Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa,
Gunnar Helland, Jon Rosenlid, Olav Ormbreck (Ada, MN),
Lundtveit,
John Gudvangen, Kolbein Ornes, Kittil
Kittelson (Kjetil "Charlie" Kjetilson), Olav Dale,
Sveinung T.
Innleggen, Ommund Tveitli, Helge Thoresen | | 1925 | | 1926
Minneapolis, MN | Winner: Gunleik Smedal (Albert Lea, MN) | 1927
Stoughton, WI | Winner: Gunleik Smedal (Albert Lea, MN) | 1928
Albert Lea, MN | Winner: Gunleik Smedal (Albert Lea, MN) | 1929
Fargo, ND | Winner: Oscar Hamrey (a.k.a. Ola Reishagen of
Faribault,
MN) | 1930
Minneapolis, MN? | Winner(s):
Participants: | 1931
Minneapolis, MN | |
|
Winners, Fiddle:
| First
Class |
1st |
Oscar Hamrey (a.k.a.
Ola Reishagen of Faribault,
MN) |
| |
2nd |
Gunnar Odden (Hazel
Run, MN) |
| Second
Class |
1st A |
Steinar Odden (Hazel
Run, MN) |
| |
1st
B |
Mads
Bringeland (Grandview, WI) |
| Third
Class |
1st |
I.I.
Eriksen (Arpin, WI) |
| |
2nd |
Andrea Quisling
(Madison, WI) |
| Huldrespil |
|
Oscar Hamrey (a.k.a.
Ola Reishagen of Faribault,
MN) |
Winners, Dance:
| Valdrespringar |
1st |
Knut Ødegaard and Mrs. Ceclia
Simennes (Minneapolis,
MN) |
| Telespringar |
1st |
Harald Særsland (Minneapolis, MN)
& Andrea
Quisling (Madison, WI) |
| |
2nd |
Mr. and Mrs. Ingebret Gunderson
(Rochester, MN) |
| (Setesdal)gangar |
1st |
Mr. and Mrs. Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa
(Wanke,
MN) |
|
| | 1932 | |
1933
Hayfield, WI
organization renamed Spelemanns Lage
av Amerika
| Winner: Eilef Smedal (La Crosse, WI) | 1934
Crookston, MN | Winner: Eilef Smedal (La Crosse, WI | | 1935 | |
Winner(s):
Fiddlers:
Dancers:
| Springar |
Eilef Smedall and
Mrs. H. Dahl |
| |
Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Karlsgodt |
| (Setesdal)gangar |
Mr. Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa (Wanke,
MN) and
Mrs. Ed Evinson |
|
| | 1936 | | 1937
Grand Forks, ND | Winner: Olav
Ormbreck
Participants, front row, from left to
right: Olav
Dale, Sveinung Braaten, Bjørgulv Bjørnaraa, Sam
Sørenson(?), Steinar
Odden. Back row, from left: Kolbein Ornes, Gunnar Odden,
unidentified,
Olav Ormbreck(?) (Ada, MN), unidentified, Hans Fykerud. | 1938
Park River, ND | Winners: Steinar Odden (Hazel Run, MN) and
Olav Ormbreck (Ada, MN) |
1939
Fosston, MN
400-500 people attended this
kappleik
| Winner: Gunnar Odden (Hazel Run, MN) | 1940
Northwood, ND | |
| Winners: Olav Ormbreck (Ada,
MN), Gunnar
Odden (Hazel Run, MN) |
| | 1941 | Winners: Olav Ormbreck (Ada, MN), Gunnar
Odden (Hazel Run, MN), Olav Dahle | | 1942-1951 | No kappleikar were organized. | 1952
Benson, MN
| Winner: Anund Roheim
Participants: Steinar
Odden (Hazel Run, MN), Anund
Roheim (Great Falls, MT), Gunnar Odden (Granite
Falls, MN),
Jøger
O. Quale (St. Paul, MN), Gullik E. Kvale (Qualey)
(Camrose,
Alberta, Canada), Dagny Andrea Quisling (Madison,
WI) | | 1953-1992 | No kappleikar were organized. | | June 25, 1993
River Falls, WI
Hardanger Fiddle
Association of America's 10th anniversary fiddle contest | Hardanger fiddle: 1st - Jodi Severson and Karen
Solgard
Regular fiddle: 1st - Marnie Thies, 2nd - Ken
Dickenson
Participants: Ken Dickenson, Jodi Severson, Karen
Solgard,
Marnie Thies |
June 25, 2003
AmeriKappleik
"Talent Showcase"
Northfield, MN
Hardanger Fiddle
Association
of America
| Participants: Fiddlers and dancers from North
America. |
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