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Photo: Pelle Björnlert
According to a national inventory of musical instruments at swedish musums made in the early 1900s this instrument, which can be found at the Museum of Gothenburg (Göteborg Stadsmuseum), is built in Örkelljunga in Skåne by Hans Nyborg in 1768. There is a similar instrument built in Örkelljunga by Hans Severin Nyberg ("Elvis") and most likely e and o (or vice versa) has been mixed up and it is same person. Additionally, this violin is probably a sibling to "Tuppen", which is unfortunatly unsigned but it is so similar to "Göteborgsfiolen" that it has to be built by the same luthier. "Göteborgsfiolen" has some interesting painted patterns, something which is called rosing on hardanger fiddles. Other instruments by Nyberg has decorations but they look less painted and might be intarsia or pyrography. It is possible that the painted decorations are made in modern times since I find it hard to see them on the picture below from the mentioned inventory but they are present on the pictures taken by Pelle Björnlert in the 70s.
Hans Severin Nyborg
Hans Severin Nyborg was almost completely unknown until recently but new information has been extracted from the church records of Örkelljunga. Nyborgs brother in law was Carl Johan Broberg, a well known luthier in Gothenburg and Nyborg was most likely an apprentice in the Mothe workshop in Ängelholm 1759-1765. There are three preserved double-deckers made by Nyborg, one from 1760, one from 1768 and one unsigned. Nyborg was born in Landskrona and died in Örkelljunga in 1774.
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
Photo: Pelle Björnlert
| Name | Göteborgsfiolen |
| Type | Double-decker |
| Luthier | Hans Severin Nyborg |
| Year | 1768 |
| Origin | Eket, Örkelljunga, Skåne |
| Found in | Göteborgs stadsmuseum, Göteborg, Västergötland |
| Playing strings | 4 |
| Sympathetic strings | 8 |
| External link | External link |
| Other instruments built by Hans Severin Nyborg | TuppenElvis |
| Other instruments with the same number of sympathetic strings | TuppenMunkenHjelmenKarlhamnsfiolenElvisBulanMohteEdvinSödlingNorbergsfiolenHammerMohte 2JamtlifiolenAntikrundanfiolenAngeredsfiolen |
| Other instrument with rose painting | TuppenMohteEdvinAngeredsfiolen |
| Other instruments with a lion head | TuppenKarlhamnsfiolenElvisBulanEdvinSödlingTielkegamban M2475JamtlifiolenBostongambanKulturenfiolenArwitgamban M285DubbeltulpanenTrippeltulpanenKulturencellonKulturengambanAntikrundanfiolenAngeredsfiolen |