Here you will find out something about us that perhaps will increase your interests of both
us and accordion music in general. We are ten musicians of various ages that plays for
fun. We have our place in Bjuv, a small community in south of Sweden. In all we are ten
in the orchestra. Seven of us play the accordion and three of us guitar, bass and drums.
Our material is mixed. We plays everything between church music to popular music. Sorry to say,
accordion music is today nothing for youth. It must be disted guitars or high volume
rock’n roll. Less and less of our young people choose the accordion. It is a very beautiful
instrument that has it’s place in most categories. I my self plays both guitar and drums but
did grow up with the accordion in my home. Both my father and my grandfather did play it.Now
it is the older generation that carry the tradition forward. But it would be nice to see the
younger generation pick it up. Now, look around and enjoy and let me know if you have any
ideas or comments to make this page even better.
Thank you, Christer Hall
History
This history begins back in 1983 when mr Inge-Thore Rörstrand and
Mr Nils Lindquist starts an accordion orchestra, ‘Bjuvs Dragspelsklubb’ or in
english, ‘Bjuvs accordion orchestra’. They are not longer with the orchestra but
we do thank them for their efforts. Our facilities back then were in a club house for
school youth. Later on we got to practice in ‘Bjuvs marching corps’ facilities, where we
still have our place. We practise every tuesday evening between seven and nine thirty.
You’ll see us under ‘members’. Musicians have come and gone through the years but never so much that we have
had to close down the orchestra. We have always managed. Every year we have an accordion
meeting in last of august. Other orchestras similar to ours meets up to play and lots of
people comes to dance and have fun. Older people mostly of course. This music does’nt
appeal to young generation. Well, there is a few perhaps but not as many as we would like
it to be. We have
performed in several institutions like sick homes, service homes, club houses, festivals,
dance arenas and so on. Up to this date it is our chairman mrs Ingrid Karlsson and financial
chef mrs Siv Seth that keeps the wheels running. Without them this orchestra would not exist.
Not in this form anyway. You’ll meet them again under ‘contact us’.
Present members.
Here we are as orchestra today !!
From the left:
Stig Wendt - Bass/Vocals/Clarinet.
Enar Green - Accordion
Ingrid Wramborg - Accordion
Gösta - Accordion
Siv Seth - Accordion
Arne Pettersson - Accordion
Karl-Erik Lundqvist (in the front) - Accordion and musical leader.
Ylva Thälund - Accordion/Vocals.
Christer Hall - Drums/Guitar.
Ingrid Karlsson - Accordion.
Börje - Accordion Not in the picture
Bo Andersson - Guitar
Milry - Drums
Your contacts
If you need anything, a gig or any questions, this is the two members you want to
talk to:
This two are the anchor of this orchestra thats makes the wheel go round and
round!!
Known Swedish accordion players
There have been a lot of famous Swedish accordion players through the years,
musicians as well as composers. When I searched for information I did came across
a lot of tunes I recognised but did’nt know that just that person had made this or that.
I don’t have them all on this page but here is a few of the greatest older ones:
Carl Jularbo (Karl Karlsson) b 1893 d 1966
He was once called ‘King of Swedish accordion players’. He started up as a five year old
and won about over a 150 contests for accordion between the years 1907-1916. He made also
between the years 1915-1945 over 3000 melodies at recording. He did appearance in radio and
toured in Europe as well. He composed a lot of melodies through the years.
Ebbe Jularbo (Eberhard Karlsson) b 1915
Mr Ebbe Jularbo (Son of Carl Jularbo) toured in the Sweden as a danceband musician
between the years 1933-1945 and 1953-1964. Made a lot of appearances in the Usa under the
years 1971, 1973 and 1975. 1971 he became the chairman of the ‘Swedish Country Organisation
For Accordion Players’.
Ragnar Sundquist ('Ragge') f 1892 d 1951
Mr Sundquist both played the accordion and he manufactured them. He competed as a
musician both at home and abroad from the year 1909. He did appearance In the Usa
between the years 1912-14 where he beside that he studied for the legendary accordion
players; P.Frosini and P.Deiro. He was to become the greatest virtuoso player in Sweden
back then and had a lot of followers after that. From 1913 he made a lot of recordings
and made his last tour in 1948.
Andrew Keiving-Walter (Anders Valter Persson)
b 1914 d 1978
Walter was beside the musicians both composer and a band leader. His first big title was
European championship winner in 1936. He made a lot of radio programs from 1946-1967.
He made a lot of tours both at home and abroad, even in the old Sovjet. This between 1936-37.
From 1948 he judged mostly of all world championships and had from 1945-1978 over 500 000
pupils as correspondents.
Olle Johnny (Olof Johansson) f 1916
Both musician and music composer. Made his first radio appearance in 1932 and toured in
the Swedish folkparks from 1934 with his own orchestra. He became in 1937 a
European championship winner in Stockholm. He mad over 2000 recordings, both classical
and popular music.
Some more known musicians
as I only have their names by now!
Hakon Svärdh
Sölve Strand
Erling Grönstedt
Karl Grönstedt (Bror till Erling G.)
Foreign artists
Dick Contino (USA)
Pietro Frosini (USA)
Art Van Damme (USA)
Here you will find out something about us that perhaps will increase your interests of both
us and accordion music in general. We are ten musicians of various ages that plays for
fun. We have our place in Bjuv, a small community in south of Sweden. In all we are ten
in the orchestra. Seven of us play the accordion and three of us guitar, bass and drums.
Our material is mixed. We plays everything between church music to popular music. Sorry to say,
accordion music is today nothing for youth. It must be disted guitars or high volume
rock’n roll. Less and less of our young people choose the accordion. It is a very beautiful
instrument that has it’s place in most categories. I my self plays both guitar and drums but
did grow up with the accordion in my home. Both my father and my grandfather did play it.Now
it is the older generation that carry the tradition forward. But it would be nice to see the
younger generation pick it up. Now, look around and enjoy and let me know if you have any
ideas or comments to make this page even better.
This history begins back in 1983 when mr Inge-Thore Rörstrand and
Mr Nils Lindquist starts an accordion orchestra, ‘Bjuvs Dragspelsklubb’ or in
english, ‘Bjuvs accordion orchestra’. They are not longer with the orchestra but
we do thank them for their efforts. Our facilities back then were in a club house for
school youth. Later on we got to practice in ‘Bjuvs marching corps’ facilities, where we
still have our place. We practise every tuesday evening between seven and nine thirty.
You’ll see us under ‘members’.
Musicians have come and gone through the years but never so much that we have
had to close down the orchestra. We have always managed. Every year we have an accordion
meeting in last of august. Other orchestras similar to ours meets up to play and lots of
people comes to dance and have fun. Older people mostly of course. This music does’nt
appeal to young generation. Well, there is a few perhaps but not as many as we would like
it to be.
