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Ersson, Kniv Anders

1854-? [?]
nickname(s): "Kniven" [the knife]

piper (&c.) mentioned by name

Lived in Klitten (Älvdalen [NW of Mora]) [?], western Dalarna; His given names and nickname are the only details known with certainty.

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, 117 (Kniv-Anders), 118 (both spellings).