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Music of Northern Europe & British Isles

Celtic fiddle and pipes, sean-nós singing, Nordic polska and Sámi joik, kulning herding calls, Baltic runo-song and kantele.

Sung and searched in Swedish, Icelandic, Norwegian. The YouTube button above can run your search in that language.

Contemporary applications

In recent times Nordic folk music is used in developing the background score for movies, TV shows and games. Popular TV shows like Game of Thrones and games like God of War have used Nordic folk music to give a mythic experience.

Read the full article: Nordic folk music Text under CC BY-SA 4.0

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What Northern Europe & British Isles is listening to in 2026

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Radio from Northern Europe & British Isles

Music only, no news or talk. Stations that play the local tradition come first, then the most listened. They play in the corner of the page.

Station directory by Radio Browser Streams come from each station's own server.