About Gunleik Jonsson Helland
Lived 1828 – 1863 (aged 34–35). Gunleik Jonsson Helland was a Norwegian musical instrument maker.
Gunleik Jonsson HellandGunleik "Gullik" Jonsson Helland (1828–1863) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.
Gunleik (the name was written both ways) Helland, son of the first fiddle maker at Helland cotters farm, worked several years in his father's workshop until he left Bø and went to Horten, Norway and became a steam machine engineer in the Navy.
He died 1863 in the North Atlantic when his ship D/S Rjukan, from Bugge's shipowners in Bergen, Norway sank south of Iceland.
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Who was Gunleik Jonsson Helland?
Norwegian fiddle maker
When was Gunleik Jonsson Helland born?
Gunleik Jonsson Helland was born in 1828 in Bø Municipality.
When did Gunleik Jonsson Helland die?
Gunleik Jonsson Helland died in 1863.
What was Gunleik Jonsson Helland's occupation?
Gunleik Jonsson Helland was a musical instrument maker.
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Gunleik Jonsson Helland was Norwegian.
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