ASI Spelmanslag

08/20/2026

A lovely montage from this past weekend at Gammelgården Museum of Scandia

08/16/2026

Wrapping up the summer at Gammelgården Museum of Scandia with the Lilla Spelmanslag and the Northstar Nordic Dancers!

05/27/2026

05/07/2026

Join our Lilla Lag for a Courtyard concert!

Wed, May 27 at 7pm with ASI fiddlers

University Lutheran Church of Hope, 601 13th Ave SE
(ulch.org)

The ASI Lilla Spelmanslag is a youth fiddle/cello folk music group made up of young musicians ages 8 through 18, based at the American Swedish Institute in Minneapolis. We learn traditional Swedish folk music, for example walzes, schottis, and polskas. We welcome new members. In 2022 we traveled to Sweden to connect with three youth folk music groups in three different parts of Sweden and attended a folk music festival and a fiddle camp. We learn by ear with the help of rehearsals and on-line recordings. The ASI Lilla Spelmanslag is planning on traveling to Sweden in 2027 to meet other youth folk musicians and make music together.

Their teacher Ingela Eilert Haaland (she/her) is from Lund, Sweden, and works as a Swedish instructor at the University of Minnesota.

03/21/2026

Pictures from last weekend at 🎻

Thank you to for a wonderful concert!

03/20/2026

Experience 21 local Nordic music and dance ensembles at The Twin Cities Nordic Ball on March 28th at .mn!

5+ hours of beginner-friendly mixers, open dancing, dinner and a cash bar 🍻 🎶

Tickets and info: https://asis.betterworld.org/events/nordic-ball-2026 🎟

06/22/2025

Glad Midsommar önskar ASI Spelmanslag 🌸