page_title: Swedish bagpipes
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Swedish bagpipes / History
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Dansande bönder på en kyrkmålning av Albertus Pictor i Härkeberga kyrka, UpplandEnglish: Dancing peasants. Wall painting by Albertus Pictor in Härkeberga church, Uppland, Sweden
context_page_description: Swedish bagpipes are a variety of bagpipes from Sweden. The term itself generically translates to "bagpipes" in Swedish, but is used in English to describe the specifically Swedish bagpipe from the Dalarna region.
context_section_description: Medieval paintings in churches suggest that the instrument was spread all over Sweden. The instrument was practically extinct by the middle of the 20th century; the instrument that today is referred to as Swedish bagpipes is a construction based on instruments from the western parts of the district called Dalarna, the only region of Sweden where the bagpipe tradition survived into the 20th century.
caption: In Härkeberga church in Uppland there is this painting by Albertus Pictor which depicts farmers dancing to sackpipes. The painting is dated to about 1480.
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