Erik Björkman (2)

Swedish violinist, folk musician, born 31 December 1906 in Svartnäs parish, Kopparberg county, died 26 February 1986. He born in Västra Svartnäs, was one of the last in the line of fiddler personalities from Svärdsjö Finnmark in the border areas between Dalarna, Gästrikland and Hälsingland. He belonged to a very musical family and learned to play from his father Johan Björkman at the age of 13. He had his songs after his father and Lo Sammil Andersson, Lomback Jan Erik Hellberg, Sammil Gustav Zetterström and Vingel Anders Jansson Wikström. He took Svartnäslåtarna to the Svärdsjö Spelmanslag formed in 1952, where he was active.