The Lur (Näverlur / Neverlur)

General Information:

• Lur (at Wikipedia)
• Birch trumpet (at Wikipedia)

Purchasing a Lur:

https://www.lurmakaren.se/

Jan Nordkvist
Tällbergsvägen 17
793 70 Tällberg
070 8668364
jan.nordkvist@lurmakaren.se

Tunings and Sizes: https://www.lurmakaren.se/naverlurar/

Norwegian Culture:

Sissel Morken Gullord

• A Frozen magical journey from the Norwegian mountains
  Sissel presents and plays the lur from time: 0:50–3:25

Prof. Joan Haaland Paddock

• The Lur that Saved Norway (YouTube, 4 min.)
• The Lur of Prillar Guri: Linfield Faculty Lecture Series (1 hr, 6 min)

Neverlur of the Year Awards / Årets Näverlur

Winners: https://aretsnaverlur.se/stipendiater/

• 2020: Sissel Morken Gullord
• 2021: Jenni Tiderman-Österberg

Acquisition of a Lur: November 23, 2024 from a Swedish Interiors/Antique collector

Trying out the lur at a friend's apartment

Playing it outside for the residents :)

Birch bark around the spruce interior is beautifully intact.

Two longitudinal halves were glued together before birch bark was wrapped around.

Maker information Inside the bell:

• L O (?) (Maker's initials?)
• 1980 (?) (Year made)
• Bjursås (town in Sweden)
  Location on Google Maps

Length: 132.5 cm
Tuning: B-flat (European: B)

Original Mouthpiece end: Very rough

Reconstructed Mouthpiece

Digital Museum images of lurs similar to this one:

1. A lur from Bjursås: Dalarna Museum, Falun, Sweden
• Address: Stigaregatan 2-4, 791 60 Falun, Sweden / Google Maps
2. A lur from Alunda, Sweden made by Rune Selén in 2004: Upplandsmuseet, Uppsala, Sweden
• Address: S:t Eriks torg 10, 753 10 Uppsala, Sweden / Google Maps
• Length of lur: 134.0 cm
• Tuning: B-flat (European: B)
• Very much like the one I have with a similar colored cord
• Rune Selén is mentioned:
  • Wikipedia: Birch trumpet (see under Contemporary manufacturers, Sweden)
  • (Swedish) Wikipedia: Rune Selén (right click, "Translate to English")
  • See the "Näverlur of the Year" award, since 2005 by the Rune Seléns Kulturfond
    Note these two winners:
    • 2020: Sissel Morken Gullord
    • 2021: Jennie Tiderman-Österberg
3. A lur, shorter than mine, with a wider bell: Upplandsmuseet, Uppsala, Sweden

• Address: S:t Eriks torg 10, 753 10 Uppsala, Sweden / Google Maps
• Length of lur: 72.0 cm
• Probably used in the early 1900s

First attempts playing the lur:

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Back Deck 1	Back Deck 2	Back Deck 3

Amie & Ryan

Amie	Ryan