Knut Gunnarsson Helland
Knut Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian American Hardanger fiddle maker.
Biography
Knut Gunnarson Helland was from Bø, Norway. Helland worked in the traditional region of Telemark in the workshop of his father, Gunnar Olavsson Helland, until he emigrated to United States in 1901. In 1905, he started Helland Brothers workshop in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, with his brother Gunnar Gunnarsson Helland. Knut Helland died in 1919, three weeks after surgery for appendicitis. His brother, Gunnar continued the workshop alone until it was closed down in 1927.Related Reading
- Aksdal, Bjørn ''Hardingfela felemakere og instrumentets utvikling''