Jord - Music from the Swedish Torne Valley

With a richly textured sound formed by the interweaving of several voices, each in their own melody, Jord lifts the Torne Valley folk music tradition to a new level. With new and traditional material Jord creates an entirely unique musical world where song in Meänkieli, the Torne Valley Finnish language, strengthens the timeless magic.

Jord released their debut CD, ”Väylän virrassa-In the Flow of the River”, in 2002 on Concerts Sweden’s record label Caprice Records.  In October 2005, their second CD, ”Mailmale-Out in the World”, was very well received by the public and the media.  Jord’s music is born out of an identity that is both Swedish and Finnish, an identity historically marked by the Laestadian religion and the Swedish authority’s oppression of the Torne Valley Finnish language.  Add to this a measure of world music, jazz and balladry and you come close to the sound and feeling of Jord’s music.


Susanne Rantatalo - vocals, percussion, Jan Johansson - vocals, accordion, kantele, kalimba
Gun Olofsson - vocals, flute, guitar, Erling Fredriksson - vocals, double bass, harp