About Knut Gunnarsson Helland
Lived 1880 – 1920 (aged 39–40). Knut Gunnarsson Helland was a Norwegian musical instrument maker.
Knut Gunnarsson Helland (November 6, 1880–June 27, 1919) 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.
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Norwegian fiddle maker
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Knut Gunnarsson Helland was born on 6 November 1880 in Bø Municipality.
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Knut Gunnarsson Helland died in 1920.
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Knut Gunnarsson Helland was a musical instrument maker.
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Knut Gunnarsson Helland was Norwegian.
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