Nils Olof
Söderbäck
Nils Olof Söderbäck was born in Flen, Sodermanland, Sweden
in 1954. The first 7 years were spent on a large estate, Hedenlunda
gard where his father was lantmastare (Agronomer). He supervised the
farm operations where dairy cows ,beef cattle and forestry were the
main sources of income. In 1961 the family moved to Lidingo near
Stockholm where Olof remained until his fathers death in 1973.
At age 12 Olof started to study classical music on the piano
and continued those studies for 8 years. At age 17 he started to play
Swedish folkmusic on the fiddle and the accordeon and became part of a
folk music group called "Viltstrak" (Wild stroke). They played and
performed in many places. In the summers he went to folkmusic
festivals and also visited the homes of some of the great fiddle
players of that time and learned their music. The players were: Laggar
Anders and Rojas Jonas from Boda, Pahl Olle from Ostbjorka and others.
After graduating from High school Olof went to University
and studied Ethno- musicology. After 2 years of that he went on to
work in dairyfarms and after 1.5 years of that he went to a 2 year
music therapy education and after working as a musician in a music
theater group called "Vastana" theater for some time he left the
country and hitch hiked around in Europe and Africa for a year and
eventually came to India where he went into meditation. A year later
he moved with his wife to America. They now reside in Talent, Oregon.
MP3 Traditional Swedish fiddle
tunes by Olof Soderback MP3 format.
Ganglat fran Ore efter Pahl Olle (walking tune) 2:40
Barkbrodslaten (walking tune) 3:30
Halling fran Varmland. 2:23
Polska(springlek) fran Vasterdalarna. 2:51