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Taskspelare (-)

(with) definite article: Taskspelaren
plural: Taskspelar; (with) definite article: Taskspelarna
(the) box player(s)
Spelman

Småland, 19th century; Term for itinerant musicians, who often played barrel organ, bagpipe or fiddle, making their living with their music.

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.557 (1941b, EU 327 82).