Ethno Sweden will be held July 2-10, 2009 and celebrates an incredible 20 years of Ethno Sweden!  Since it’s beginning as a small folk music camp for young musicians alongside the Falun Folk Music Festival, many more new Ethnos have been born thanks to the pioneer work of the first Swedish leaders and organizers. All ex-ethno participants are invited to a special anniversary party at the Folkmusikens Hus in Rattvik on the last day of Ethno Sweden 2009!

It started during the Falun Folkmusic Festival in 1989. Next year Ethno Sweden will be arranged for the 20th time. Nowadays the international folk music camp lives a happy life in Rattvik in central Sweden in co-operation with amongst opthers the big music festival Musik Vid Siljan. The jubilee year will of course be celebrated during the Ethno 2009, July 2-9. Nothing is yet decided, many things depend on the funding but JM Sweden discusses inviting old leaders and participants for a jubilee concert and many more ideas.  Read all about it soon on www.ethno.se.

After eight days filled with music, music and more music it is now time to close the Ethno Sweden 2008 camp. 96 participants from 19 countries made sure Ethno 2008 was a fantastic experience.

The camp (26 June - 2 July) ended with a great concert at Rättviksparken Tuesday night and then several performances during the sunny and prestigious Bingsjo fiddle festival Wednesday. The musical skill of the participants this year amazed even experienced leaders and the artistic level of the concerts and work shops was very high.

Next year Ethno Sweden will celebrate its 20th anniversary and hopefully make a special “Jubilee Ethno”. More information on this website will come - and if you want to be a part of Ethno 2009 you can start filling in the registration forms here in the beginning of 2009.

Some musicians of Ethno Sweden 2007 in Rattvik having fun!

There will be almost 100 people coming to Ethno Sweden this summer! On June 26 the 19th Ethno camp will open its doors in Rattvik, Sweden. Time for another great week of great music and great friends! Nepal and India are two newcomers at Ethno 2008. We can´t hardly wait to meet these foreign guests and take part of their music! Tanzania, Mozambique, USA, Chile, Jordan, Spain, Portugal, England, Scotland, Macedonia, Belgium and Norway are also sending people - and we still hope to get participants from Cyprus, Palestine and Turkey! The organization looks pretty much the same as in 2007. 1 - The place is the same: the Rattvik school in Rattvik, some 300 km north-west of Stockholm. A perfect place in a nice little town, with the fantastic Lake Siljan just around the corner. 2 - the leaders will also be the same as in 2007. Nina Anderberg and Mattias Pérez with the help of Susanne Lind, Ian Carr and Kevin Henderson. 3 - the concerts will be the same as last year: some concerts outdors in Rattvik, a big concert at the Musik vid Siljan festival and then music at the famous Bingsjo fiddle festival!