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Åsa Tindra Jinder (born 9 October 1963[1] in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County, Sweden is a Swedish nyckelharpa player, composer, producer, songwriter, author and lecturer. She has scored album chart successes in Sweden.[2]

Åsa Jinder
Åsa Jinder
Background information
Born	(1963-10-09) 9 October 1963 (age 58) Eds församling, Upplands Väsby, Stockholms län, Sweden
Genres	folk
Occupation(s)	Musician, composer, songwriter
Instruments	Nyckelharpa

She lives in Stockholm. 2006-2017 she lived in Acktjära outside Bollnäs, Hälsingland.

In 1979 she was the youngest person ever to be awarded the title of Riksspelman or National Folk Musician. In 1995 Jinder and vocalist Gunnhild Tvinnereim joined Norwegian/Irish instrumental duo Secret Garden as they won the Eurovision Song Contest with "Nocturne".

Her daughter Little Jinder is a singer.

References

External links

• Åsa Jinder's website(in Swedish)

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