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Stev is one of the forms of poetry, that can be found in  lyric poetry from  Scandinavia.

The different types of stev
There are different types of stev: Gamle-stev have been found,that have an origin,  from around the end of the 1200's.
 * gamle-stev, is the oldest type. It is likely that gamle-stev were danced. 

Of the gamlestev that have not been lost, most of them are from Setesdal and Vest-Telemark.

Some gamle-stev might be part of folk songs, where the rest of the folk song has not been handed over, from  generation  to  generation.

In Telemark, ny-stev have been replaced by rural  folksongs , to a great degree. By contrast, ny-stev in Setesdal have held much of their ground.
 * ny-stev have probably been around since about year 1700.
 * om-kved are similar to refrains in ballads .  ( Inn-stev, etter-stev , mellom-sleng and etter-sleng are different types of om-kved. )
 * slåtte-stev are instrumental dancetune songs
 * herme-stev contain apologetic proverbs (also known as  Wellerisms ).

The people who can perform stev
A person who can perform  a stev, is known as a kveder (or "kvedar"), in  Norwegian.

A kveder from Setesdal, when performing stev, generally sings more slowly, than a kveder from Telemark.  One reason for this, may be that the text of Setesdal stev, are often more meditative  ( or elegiac ).

Other information about stev
Stev consists of stanzas, that have four lines