Netta Skog

Netta Skog (b. 1989–1990) is a Finnish accordionist and singer. She plays the button accordion, both acoustic and digital.

Netta Skog
Skog performing with Ensiferum in 2016
Background information
Born	1989 or 1990 (age 34–35)[1]
Genres	Folk metal melodic death metal classical Schlager
Instrument(s)	Accordion, vocals
Years active	2006–present
Formerly of	Turisas, Dark Sarah, Ensiferum
Website	www.nettaskog.com

Skog won Finland's annual Kultainen Harmonikka [fi] (lit. 'Golden Accordion') contest in 2006, aged 16, making her its youngest winner at the time.^[2]

She also won the gold medal in the 2015 International Digital Accordion competition of the Confédération Internationale des Accordéonistes.^[3]

She was chosen as the 2024 accordionist of the year (Vuoden Harmonikkataiteilija) by the Finnish Accordion Association.^[4]

Although she does also play traditional accordion music such as tango and schlager, and reached the 2013 final of the Tangomarkkinat festival competition,^[5] Skog is especially known for performing music from genres not traditionally associated with the accordion, such as heavy metal, film scores, and classical music.^[6][7] For example, in the Kultainen Harmonikka contest she performed Nightwish's "Dead to the World" and the 2004 Eurovision Song Contest winner "Wild Dances".^[2] She has said that her objective is to take the accordion to new audiences and encourage young musicians to take it up.^[1][4]

She has been at various times a touring guest of the Finnish metal bands Turisas, Nightwish, Dark Sarah, and Ensiferum, as well as performing in a guest capacity with Children of Bodom, Mokoma, and the Swiss folk metal group Eluveitie.^[8][6][5][7]