Fredy Clue

Fredy Samuel Lundh (born 1994 or 1995), known professionally as Fredy Clue, is a Swedish folk musician and artist from Gothenburg. Educated at the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg, Clue later began performing on stage. Playing the nyckelharpa as a solo act, Clue uses sound sampling and looping effects to produce layered soundscapes. Their lyrics and spoken word are often inspired by their non-binary gender identity. Their debut EP, Vill du leka?, was released in 2023, followed by Bloomtide in 2026. Clue also plays in the folk trio Fælt, the techno folk duo Dyur X Fredy Clue, and in two folk quartets: Furuhill and Woodlands+Bäckafall. Clue volunteers for nonprofit organizations that support the folk arts in Sweden and in 2025 was recognized by the Planeta Festival in Gothenburg with the Inspirator of the Year award.

Clue is responsible for producing Bäckadräkten, which is considered Sweden's first unisex folk costume. Their purpose was to invite wider participation in Swedish folk traditions by making available an outfit that is not restricted to a specific gender. They collaborated with the Textile Museum of Borås and professionals with backgrounds in clothing design and production. The costume combines components of older Swedish folk costumes and merges design elements traditionally considered male and female. It has attracted praise, negative reactions, and international press attention. In 2025, the Röhsska Museum in Gothenburg added a copy of the costume to their permanent exhibit. By mid 2026, up to 300 people had produced or were producing their own.

Early life Fredy Samuel Lundh was born in . They were born in Dalarna, Sweden, and raised in Sigtuna. In an interview, they described their earliest memory involving music as happening when both they and their brother were young children. Their father dressed them both as circus fleas and trained them to sing a song together as a performance. Lundh started playing fiddle as a child, but took up jazz guitar while a student at Södra Latin. They stopped playing guitar because of an injury, then took up the nyckelharpa. Lundh first encountered folk costumes, music, and dance as a teenager at the festival. They attended the Academy of Music and Drama at the University of Gothenburg, and later moved to Gothenburg.

Music career

For their work as an artist Clue described in an interview being introduced to the nyckelharpa while participating in the Ethno Sweden music camp for youth. They were already interested in the violin but felt the instrument did not fit their tall stature. They were also interested in the guitar. Clue said that when they discovered the nyckelharpa at the youth camp, they felt it was an appropriate fit for their body type while combining qualities they liked about the violin and guitar. combining autobiographical lyrics and spoken word about discovering their non-binary gender identity. they translate the Swedish title to . as well as quartets Furuhill and Woodlands+Bäckafall. Furuhill plays traditional Swedish folk music and released the EP in 2022. The band combines Swedish, Nordic, Celtic, and Scottish folk music traditions, In 2023, they were one of eight ensembles awarded a continuing education scholarship by the Royal Swedish Academy of Music. These awards support training and professional development in Swedish classical, jazz, and folk music. In 2025, they released an album titled Traditional Colours. In October of that year, the Planeta Festival in Gothenburg announced they would be awarding Clue the Inspirator of the Year award. The duo is called Dyur X Fredy Clue. Clue worked with illustrator and textile designer Ida Björs to design and develop the first unisex Swedish folk costume. The idea first occurred to Clue during a conversation with a friend at Bingsjöstämman in 2018 about the need for a traditional outfit that was not gendered female or male. To finance and promote the Bäckadräkten project, Clue partnered with the Textile Museum of Borås. They led a series of focus group meetings with young queer people associated with Sweden's folk music and dance communities. Clue and Björs sought assistance from a silversmith, a dance shoe designer, and a tailor to produce the costume's various components.

Bäckadräkten's release was announced on the official Facebook page of Sweden and was covered by news outlets in Sweden, the UK, Finland, By mid 2026, Clue reported that up to 300 people had produced or were producing their own Bäckadräkten.

Personal life Fredy Clue came out as non-binary in late 2021, and has since used the pronouns they/them in English and / in Swedish. They reported in an interview discovering their non-binary gender identity early in the Bäckadräkten project process: "Suddenly Mx Enby knocked so hard that I fell down crying in part fear part happiness."

In April 2023, Clue reported serving as board chair of the Gothenburg-based folk music nonprofit organization, Folkmusikkaféet. Before getting involved with that organization, they volunteered with Folk Youth Västra Götaland. Clue also founded Folkklubb Göteborg, an annual folk music and dance event in Gothenburg. Attendance at the 2026 event was substantially larger than the first in 2025.

Clue also enjoys recreational ocean sailing.