Hambo session with Linda and Paul

 

  • Linda Westergren-Muhr and Paul Muhr have had folk dance classes for 22 years at the Swedish American Museum.
  • Hambo session with Linda and Paul (FILM)
    The hambo, known as the national dance of Sweden, is an energetic social dance from 1840s Hälsingland. It was a combination of the older dance form polka, with origins in Poland, and possibly the polka-mazurka, which was popular in Europe at the time.
    Read more about the regular dance sessions at the Chicago Swedish American Museum with Linda Westergren-Muhr and Paul Muhr: Linda and Paul’s love keeps dancing after 31 years