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Larsson, Annika Erik

1812-1877
nickname(s): "Annika Jerk"

piper (&c.) mentioned by name

Lived in Vallerås [NW of Malung], western Dalarna; NB: Though Annika usually is a girl’s name, Erik is a boy’s name, and the surname indicates that Annika Jerk was a man (compare Jannis Lars "Annika Jannes" Mattsson).

Instrument: Säckpipa / Säck-pipa

Sources

Allmo, Per-Ulf: Säckpipan i norden: från änglars musik till djävulens blåsbälg (Bagpipes in the nordic countries [From music of the angels to the devil’s bellows]). Stockholm, 1990, p.84, 95 ("särknamnet" [translation: "chemise name" ?] Annika).