– Nyhus was an icon in Norwegian musical life, and a legend far beyond the folk music field, says Rolf Lennart Stensø. He is the conductor of the Kringkastingsorkesteret, and head of the music editorial staff at news. Sven Nyhus passed away on Saturday, almost 91 years old, the family said on Sunday. He died the day before his 91st birthday. Sven Nyhus has a life behind him where he was, among other things, a professor, artist, fiddler of the year, author and also presenter at news. Here, Sven Nyhus helps to honor Ingrid Espelid Hovig, together with Vidar Lønn-Arnesen, Sissel Kyrkjebø, Erik Bye, Sigmund Groven, Arve Tellefsen and Gunvor Hals. Photo: news Professor and speller – Folk musician, composer and former professor of folk music Sven Nyhus (b. 1932) died in Oslo on Saturday, says the press release, which is conveyed through Jølstad funeral home. Nyhus was born on Glåmos outside the mountain town of Røros in 1932. One of Nyhus’ most famous melodies is “Bergrosa” from 1971. It is one of the most played in the Wish Concert on the radio of all time, and is the very signature melody of Sven Nyhus’ quartet. Alexander Rybak plays Sven Nyhus’s “Bergrosa” during the commemoration at the town hall square in Oslo after 22 July. Nyhus was perhaps even better known as a composer of a number of old dance melodies, and as leader of the Sven Nyhus Quartet for almost 50 years. – Sven Nyhus worked in Folkemusikktimen in news in the 70s and 80s. By then he was already a well-known fiddler and had guested on the program several times, says Stensø. – Sven Nyhus was a stalwart in Norwegian musical life, says orchestra director of the Broadcasting Orchestra, Rolf Lennart Stensø. Photo: Anna-Julia Granberg / Anna-Julia Granberg / BLUNDERBUS Received the Spelemannsprisen’s honorary prize Nyhus was given several awards, including the Spellemannsprisen’s honorary prize in 2000. In 2002 he was appointed Commander of the Order of St. Olav. Nyhus was behind several major publications on Norwegian folk music. In 2016, he published his autobiography, “Slåttkar”. This photo taken by Arne Inge Næss was a Nyhus that he himself liked a lot. It is also used in his book “Slåttkar”. Photo: Arne Inge Næss After studying at the Conservatory of Music, he started as a violist in the National Theater’s orchestra, and then in the Opera Orchestra, the Broadcasting Orchestra and the Philharmonic. – He has left eternal traces behind him, both through the music he created and two daughters who carry on the musical legacy, says Stensø. He has a strong family tradition from the Røros district of regular fiddle, but also played Harding fiddle. Store Norske lexikon also highlights his pedagogical abilities and that, as Norway’s first professor of folk music, he has made a significant effort to develop folk music as a subject within Norwegian music education in general and at the Norwegian Academy of Music in particular. Sven Nyhus was honored with 130 players from all over Gudbrandsdalen who had gathered at Rudi gard in Sør-Fron when he was 80 years old. Here is from the end.
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The composer of “Bergrosa” has passed away. Sven Nyhus was 90 years old – news Trøndelag
