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Hardanger fiddle aficionado Andrea Een to be awarded prestigious St. Olav's Medal

Amy Gage
May 8, 2002

Andrea Een, an associate professor of music at St. Olaf College, has been awarded the St. Olav's Medal, an honor instituted by H.M. King Haakon VII on March 17, 1939, in recognition of those who promote knowledge about Norway abroad and close ties between emigrated Norwegians and the mother country. Een, who has a special research interest in the Norwegian folk Hardangar fiddle, will receive the medal Wednesday, May 8, at 4 p.m. in Urness Recital Hall in the Christiansen Hall of Music. Norwegian Consul General Thor Johansen and his wife, Kerstin Starmark, will preside at the ceremony. The public is invited.

Contact David Gonnerman at 507-786-3315 or gonnermd@stolaf.edu.