Vital Swedish/Norwegian quintet Sver offer a smorgasbord of energetically super-charged dance tunes mated with extrovert stage presence and humour.

The outfit consists of Hardanger fiddle/viola/fiddle players Olav Luksengård Mjelva and Anders Hall, guitarist/Jew’s Harp & mandolin player Vidar Berge, accordionist Leif Ingvar Ranøien and percussionist Jens Linell. Sver’s repertoire draws on inspiration from the traditional music of the mountainous Røros area in central Norway.
Additional impulses from the culturally rich regions of Hallingdal and Hardanger can also be traced in Sver’s cornucopia of vital dance music. 2007 saw the ensemble releasing its first outing which garnered a string of highly positive reviews in Scandinavian media.
A few review excerpts:


“Extremely danceable. Positivity fused with futurism... Clean energy, brought directly to us from the mountains. A treasure trove of folk music...”

Sver manages to bring the traditional folk music of the past well into the present, preserving the cultural heritage and adds an energetic spark to the mix.