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Hedningarna made themselves known in folk music circles. In 1988 Hedningarna composed and performed the music to the theatrical epos Den stora vreden (The Great Wrath) which aroused great interest. Their first album titled Hedningarna was released on Alice Records in 1989.
In 1991 Hedningarna started the collaboration with Silence Records . They met the Finnish singers Sanna Kurki-Suonio and Tellu Paulasto . The album Kaksi! was released in September of 1992. In 1993 Hedningarna was awarded a Swedish grammy for The Best Folk Music Album of the year. The sales of Kaksi! reached 35 000 sold albums, which was unbelievable for a folk music record in Sweden. British DJ Sasha made remixes of Hedningarna's Kruspolska which climbed the charts in England.
The third album Trä was released in September of 1994. Melody Maker wrote "it may sound alien, but yet it sounds like the most essential music on the earth."
Hedningarna performed at the Roskilde Festival in the presence of 20 000 people on the second largest stage.
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Kurki-Suonio and Paulasto stayed the year 1996 at home in Finland for child birth and studies. Paulasto decided to leave the band and she was replaced by Anita Lehtonen . Lehtonen went to the same class with Paulasto at The Sibelius Academy .
Mattson, Stake and Tollin started the work with the new album Hippjokk . Rock bassist Ulf Ivarsson played the new bass-lute built by Totte. Finnish lapp Wimme Saari participated with his singing and famous Norwegian guitarist Knut Reiersrud had also a role in the album. Johan Liljemark played the didgeridoo, what he had learned in Australia, living among the Aboriginals.
Hippjokk was released in February of 1997. The band made tours and festivalgigs with the singers in Spain and Belgium, and Ulf "Rockis" Ivarsson became a member of Hedningarna. Anders Stake changed his name to Anders Norudde.
During the winter of 1998 Hedningarna traveled to the Russian Karelen to gather inspiration to their new album. It was recorded during the spring and summer the same year. A short tour around Spain took palce that summer. Ulf Ivarsson leaved the group after the recordings were finished.
Mattson and Tollin together with the violinplayer Ola Bäckström recorded a CD with music for the dancetroup Virvla . It was released at Silence records in 1999. Sanna Kurki-Suonio released a soloalbum in Finland the same year.
The new album Karelia Visa was released in 1999, and it was followed by concerts in Scandinavia and a three week tour in the USA.
Hedningarna played live to a dance performance based on their music, made and performed by Flying Foot Forum in Minneapolis, USA. The violinplayer Magnus Stinnerbom joined the group.
The percussion player Christian Svensson joined the group in 2000.
The compilation CD 1989-2003 was released in 2003. Now Hedningarna have sold about 150 000 records.