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Hardanger fiddle

traditional Norwegian stringed instrument
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Summary

Hardanger fiddle is a type of musical instrument[1]. It draws 3,877 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #1,655 of 399).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hardanger fiddle's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3].
  • Hardanger fiddle is a type of necked box lute played with a bow[4].
  • Hardanger fiddle's Commons category is recorded as Hardanger fiddle[5].
  • Hardanger fiddle's country of origin is recorded as Norway[6].
  • Hardanger fiddle's Hornbostel-Sachs classification is recorded as 321.322-71[7].
  • Hardanger fiddle's intangible cultural heritage status is recorded as Immateriell kulturarv[8].
  • Hardanger fiddle's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Intangible Cultural Heritage[9].

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Definition and Type

Hardanger fiddle's instance of is recorded as type of musical instrument[3]. It is a type of necked box lute played with a bow[4].

Why It Matters

Hardanger fiddle draws 3,877 Wikipedia views per month (type_of_musical_instrument category, ranking #1,655 of 399).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

Related Entities

Norway

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Immateriell kulturarv. Retrieved . immateriellkulturarv.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . immateriellkulturarv.no. Retrieved . immateriellkulturarv.no. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 19d ago · Printstream · 2026-09-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'az', 'commons', 'da', 'de', 'en', 'et', 'fi', 'fr', 'hu', 'it', 'ja', 'n
    Gnd id → 4197963-1
    Claims rich → —
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  2. 16w ago · Njh · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → type of musical instrument
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: type of musical instrument"
  3. 16w ago · Einar Myre · 2026-06-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Setesdalwiki id → Hardingfele
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Setesdalwiki id: Hardingfele"
  4. 20w 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 → —
    + 3 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007550636405171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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