Spilåpipa

The spilåpipa (or spelpipa, spälapipa, låtapipa) is a type of fipple flute traditional in Sweden.

During the 1900s, Älvdalen was a centre of conservation of spilåpipa music, and accordingly that area's name for the instrument has become the most widespread.

The spilåpipa is a fipple flute into which a narrow gap is blown which directs the airstream onto a blade in the frame which produces the sound.

An important spilåpipare (player) was Sväs Anders Ersson (1872-1968) from Evertsberg in Älvdalen, Dalarna.

Though not Swedish, the Dutch musician Els Doekes has received the prestigious bronze Zorn Badge for playing the spilåpipa.