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Hardanger fiddle

traditional Norwegian stringed instrument
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Hardanger fiddle

Summary

Hardanger fiddle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (613 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Hardanger fiddle is a type of necked box lute played with a bow[2].
  • Hardanger fiddle's Commons category is recorded as Hardanger fiddle[3].
  • Hardanger fiddle's country of origin is recorded as Norway[4].
  • Hardanger fiddle's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.322-71[5].
  • Hardanger fiddle's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Immateriell kulturarv[6].
  • Hardanger fiddle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[7].

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Definition and Type

Hardanger fiddle is a type of necked box lute played with a bow[2].

Why It Matters

Hardanger fiddle ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (613 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Immateriell kulturarv. Retrieved . immateriellkulturarv.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . immateriellkulturarv.no. Retrieved . immateriellkulturarv.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Country of origin → —
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage
    Intangible cultural heritage status → Immateriell kulturarv
    Subclass of → —
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    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007550636405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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