Halvdan Furholt

Born in Vegusdal (now Birkenes) on 2 March 1931, Furholt was a schoolteacher by education. He worked at Songdalen secondary school from 1967 to 1995, including ten years as school principal.^[2]

He died in 2024, 93 years old, his death was announced in May 2024.^[3][4]

Playing the Hardanger fiddle, Furholt was a central musician in the folk music tradition in Agder. His albums include Agderkrullar from 1981 (in collaboration with his daughter Ragnhild Furholt [no] and brother Otto Furholt [no]), and Agderslåttar from 2002.^[2]

He was honorary member of Vest-Agder Mållag from 2001, and of the Norwegian National Association for Traditional Music and Dance since 2007.^[2] He was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in 2001,^[5] and the Vest-Agder cultural prize in 2012.^[2]