Ole Hjorth

Swedish fiddler and violinist, born 26 July 1930 in Viksta parish, Uppland, died 3 October 2021 in Enskede district, Stockholm. He had Hjort-Anders Olsson as teacher. He took the initiative for the folk music education at The Royal Academy of Music, which after a while led to folk music there getting its own line of education - the education was mainly aimed at fiddlers being able to work as violin teachers at municipal music schools. During his time at Stockholm's municipal music school (later cultural school) Ole Hjorth was a pioneer in classroom teaching, with a role model in the educator Sheila Nelson from London.