Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen Explained

Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen
Background:	non_performing_personnel
Birth Date:	c. 1821
Origin:	Bø, Telemark, Norway
Occupation:	Fiddle maker

Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen (c. 1821–1876) was a Norwegian Hardanger fiddle maker from Bø in Telemark, Norway.^[1]

Eilev Jonsson Steintjønndalen was the younger brother of Erik Jonsson Helland. He learned the art of fiddle making from his father as well as from his elder brother. In 1845, he married Egelev Knudsdatter (1819-1883) and moved to Steintjønndalen, a cotter's sub-farm on the Nordigard Folkestad farm a few miles away from the rest of his family. He took the name of the farm, started his own workshop and made fiddles until his death in 1876.^{[2] [3]}

See also

• The Helland fiddle maker family

Related Reading

• Aksdal, Bjørn (2009) Hardingfela felemakere og instrumentets utvikling (Trondheim: Tapir Akademisk Forlag)

External links

• The Helland fiddle maker family

Notes and References

1. Web site: Eilev Jonsson Steintjoenndalen . The Helland fiddlemaker family . August 21, 2015.
2. Web site: Egelev Knudsdatter, Kophøl (Helland) . Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 . 30 April 2007 . August 21, 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304054537/http://www.holla-og-lundeslekt.org/slekt/showIndividual.do?IId=48939 . March 4, 2016 .
3. Web site: Folkestad i Bø i Telemark herad. Matrikkelutkastet av 1950 . August 21, 2015.