Susanne Lundeng

Susanne Merethe Lundeng (born 18 August 1969 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk musician (fiddle) and composer.

Career
Lundeng had Arvid Engegård as violin teacher and is a prominent practitioner of north Norwegian folk music. She has collaborated with Halvdan Sivertsen and later Sinikka Langeland (2005), among others. In the Midnight Sun Trio she collaborates with Knut Erik Sundquist (bass) and Arvid Engegård (violin). Within S.L. Band she collaborated with Bjørn Andor Drage (piano), Håvar Bendiksen (guitar and accordion), Trond-Viggo Solås (bass) and Arnfinn Bergrabb (percussion). Lundeng got in contact with old fiddlers in Salten, Lofoten at an early stage and she has undoubtedly contributed to the preservation of the Nordland traditional folk heritage.

From the start Lundeng primarily was a promoter of traditional folk music from Nordland, she has over the years shifted more to perform the music she makes herself. But still she has the core of the Nordland folk music in most of what she writes. At the same time she gets inspiration both from jazz, contemporary and folk traditions from other countries.

Solo albums

 * 1991: Havella(Heilo), slåtter from Nordland
 * 1994: Drag (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)
 * 1997: Ættesyn (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with some of her own compositions and traditional folk music from Nordland
 * 2000: Vals Til Den Røde Fela (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions
 * 2004: Forunderlig Ferd (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as some traditional works
 * 2006: Nattevåk (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions
 * 2011: Mot (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with her own compositions as well as the contemporary works "Imella" by Rolf Wallin
 * 2015: Nordalsslotter - Hilsen Susanne Lundeng (Havella Records)

Collaborations

 * 1994: Sweet Sunny North: Henry Kaiser And David Lindley In Norway (Shanachie)
 * 1996: Sweet Sunny North, Vol. 2 (Shanachie)
 * 1996: Norske Turdansar II, frå Agder og Nord-Norge (Heilo), with Ånon-Egeland
 * 2004: Aejlies Gaaltije (Vuelie), with Frode Fjellheim
 * 2011: Rolf Wallin: Wire and String (Simax Classics)
 * 2013: Flåte (Norway Music), with Hammer & Hersk (Arild Hammero & Daniel Herskedal)