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Tier 3 · vertical & regional
Emma Härdelin
Person · female · Sweden · Delsbo parish · born 1975 · recording since 2005
Swedish folk musician
Also known as Эмма Херделин
Timeline
5 events▣ Album 2◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1✦ Award 1
1970s
2000s
· Debut release
Debut release: Kärleksbrev och ryska satelliter: Visor i Hälsingland
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
source: musicbrainz
2010s
Biography
English biography175 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1341573745
Biography
Emma Härdelin (born 26 September 1975) is a Swedish musician. She is a violinist and lead singer in folk-rock band Garmarna, which she joined in 1993 for their first album, and also lead singer for the folk band Triakel.
Early life and career
Härdelin was born into a family of nationally acclaimed musicians as the daughter of Swedish traditional fiddler Thore Härdelin. She grew up in Kluk, Jämtland, and Delsbo, Hälsingland. After attending a Waldorf school and studying Swedish folk singing under Maria Röjås at Malung folkhögskola, she became a member of Garmarna in 1993 and founded Triakel in 1995 together with Kjell-Erik Eriksson of Hoven Droven and Janne Strömstedt.
In 2004, she appeared on Blindside's album About a Burning Fire, on the song Shekina. 2005 saw the release of Kärleksbrev och ryska satelliter, a folk album by Härdelin, Kersti Ståbi, Johanna Bölja Hertzberg, and Katarina Hallberg. She also performs on a recording of Swedish music from Estonia entitled Strand...Rand. In 2007, Emma released an album with String Sisters, a sextet featuring other fiddlers including Altan's Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh.
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (2 release groups · 2 studio albums)
Albums · 2
Kärleksbrev och ryska satelliter: Visor i Hälsingland
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 51:01
1Skämtvisa om roddare1:442Oväntad bröllopsgäst5:233Driver dagg faller regn2:394Ro, ro, fiskeskär2:285Förargas ej på mig3:186Tar du e' dellboska1:557Två ryska satelliter2:568Se fåglarna på dessa gröna kvistar3:179I denna ljuva sommartid3:1010En visa vill jag sjunga4:2911O, kristi du som ljuset är2:4412Två kärleksvisor2:3913Kråkvisan3:0414Lars Persson3:1215Sullan lullan litet bar1:3816Sullan lullan0:4517Gullvagnen0:4918Sov i ro1:1619Långt borst i skog3:35Folkjul: A Swedish Folk Christmas
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:03:55
1Intro2:462Bereden väg för Herran (Prepare Way for the Lord)7:133Ett barn är fött (A Child is Born Upon This Day)4:044Personent hodie2:575Det är en ros utsprungen (Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming)6:486Gläd dig du Kristi brud (O Bride of Christ, Rejoice)2:567Staffans hälsningssång (Staffan’s Greeting Song)2:238Staffansvisa (Staffan Ballad)1:119Staffan halling (Staffan, halling)3:0110En jungfru födde ett barn idag (A Virgin Bore Us a Child Today)5:4311Stilla natt (Silent Night)6:1012Frid på jord (Peace on Earth)5:0013Grins Hans’ jässpôdspolska (‘Banquet Polska’ after Grins Hans)2:4514Världens frälsare (Our Saviour Has Come)7:3315Veni, veni Emanuel3:25
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Emma Härdelin head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 15 | 72.5th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 2 | 75.7th |
| Studio albums | 2 | 78.8th |
| Awards recorded | 1 | 89th |
| Timeline events | 5 | 78.8th |
| Recording span (years) | 2 | 14.7th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Q115728497 | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garmarna(band) | — | present | |
| Triakel(band) | — | present | original |
| Garmarna(band) | — | present | |
| String Sisters(band) | — | present | fiddle,lead vocals |
| Triakel(band) | — | present | original |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Emma_H%C3%A4rdelin_2018_%28facecrop%29.jpegaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d28044b-8126-44ee-b465-4277f35c1188discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/3d28044b-8126-44ee-b465-4277f35c1188core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202242genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q202242seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_H%C3%A4rdelinbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_H%C3%A4rdelin
Why this artist is in the database
- List of folk musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Astrid Eriksson Tropp · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q202242 · MusicBrainz: 3d28044b-8126-44ee-b465-4277f35c1188
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