Norwegian folk singers

The list Norwegian folk singers includes Mari Boine, Kirsten Bråten Berg, Jonas Fjeld, Åse Kleveland and Ingebjørg Bratland. The list consists of 28 members and 1 sublist.

Norwegian women folk singers
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Mari Boine

Norwegian Sami musician

Overview: Mari Boine (born Mari Boine Persen, 8 November 1956) is a Norwegian Sámi singer. She combined traditional Sámi joik singing with rock. In 2008, she became a professor of musicology at Nesna University ...

Date of birth: 8 November 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Norwegian women singers 68T

21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
2.

Kirsten Bråten Berg

Norwegian singer

Overview: Kirsten Marie Bråten Berg (born 7 January 1950 in Arendal, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, silversmith and government scholar. She is currently living in Valle in the Setesdal area of ...

Date of birth: 7 January 1950

Age: 75

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Women metalsmiths 43T

Heilo Music artists 30T

Grappa Music artists 58T
3.

Ingebjørg Bratland

Norwegian singer

Overview: Ingebjørg Harman Bratland (born 8 May 1990 in Edland, Vinje, Telemark) is a Norwegian folk singer, kveder and artist. In 2008–2009, she attended Foss Upper Secondary School in Oslo.

Date of birth: 8 May 1990

Age: 35

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

Vitamin Records artists 5T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
4.

Jonas Fjeld

Norwegian musician

Overview: Jonas Fjeld (born Terje Lillegård Jensen; 24 September 1952 in Bodø, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known in the English-speaking world for two albums recorded by ...

Date of birth: 24 September 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: Norwegian,Norwegian

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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Norwegian folk guitarists 5T

Norwegian male guitarists 75T

Grappa Music artists 58T
5.

Jan Eggum

Norwegian musician

Overview: Jan Eggum (born 8 December 1951) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He has been characterized as a "face for the melancholy", and the themes in his songs are often broken hearts, loneliness, and sorrow ...

Date of birth: 8 December 1951

Age: 73

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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Norwegian folk guitarists 5T

Norwegian male guitarists 75T

Grappa Music artists 58T
6.

Thomas Dybdahl

Norwegian singer-songwriter

Overview: Thomas Dybdahl (born 12 April 1979, Sandnes, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Date of birth: 12 April 1979

Age: 46

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Male

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The National Bank (band) members 5T

21st-century male singers 6,386T

Norwegian folk guitarists 5T
7.

Åse Kleveland

Norwegian singer and politician

Overview: Åse Maria Kleveland (born 18 March 1949) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, politician and activist.

Date of birth: 18 March 1949

Age: 76

Nationality: Swedish

Occupation: Guitarist

Gender: Female

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Ministers of Culture of Norway 17T

Norwegian humanists 18T

Government ministers of Norway 580T
8.

Heidi Hauge

Musical artist

Overview: Heidi Hauge (born 14 October 1967) is a Norwegian singer of folk and country music.

Date of birth: 14 October 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

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Marthe Wang

Norwegian singer-songwriter

Overview: Marthe Haaland Wang (born 25 October 1990 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and the cousin of upright bassist Ellen Andrea Wang.

Date of birth: 25 October 1990

Age: 34

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

People educated at Langhaugen Upper Secondary School 11T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
10.

Mai Britt Normann

Singer-songwriter

Overview: Mai Britt "Embee" Normann (born 16 April 1966 Gjøvik, Norway) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter.

Date of birth: 16 April 1966

Age: 59

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Composer

Gender: Female

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Musicians from Gjøvik 14T

Norwegian guitarists 89T

People from Gjøvik 67T
11.

Alf Cranner

Norwegian folk singer (1936–2020)

Overview: Alf Cranner (25 October 1936 in Oslo - 3 March 2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter. He is considered by many as the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. The ...

Date of birth: 25 October 1936

Date of death: 3 March 2020

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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2020 deaths 11,737T

Artists from Oslo 117T

Musicians from Oslo 237T
12.

Berit Opheim

Norwegian singer

Overview: Berit Opheim Versto (born 18 June 1967 in Voss, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, known for her interpretations of folk music.

Date of birth: 18 June 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

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Norwegian traditional musicians 16T

Heilo Music artists 30T

Musicians from Voss 10T
13.

Lindy-Fay Hella

Norwegian musician

Overview: Lindy-Fay Hella (born in 1975) is a Norwegian singer and musician, known as a member of Wardruna and Lindy-Fay Hella & Dei Farne. She played electronic music before she became a founding member of Wardruna ...

Date of birth: 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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Wardruna members 3T

21st-century Norwegian women singers 211T

Norwegian women in electronic music 3T
14.

Camilla Granlien

Norwegian singer

Overview: Camilla Granlien (born 1974) is a Norwegian folk singer, stev performer and educator.

Date of birth: 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

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Máddji

Sami musical artist

Overview: Máddji (full name Ánne Máddji Heatta) (born 1983), is a Norwegian-Sami singer, composer and former top soccer player. Máddji grew up in Karasjok and Kautokeino in Finnmark. She is the daughter of NRK ...

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

21st-century women singers 8,493T

Norwegian Sámi musicians 15T
16.

Benedicte Maurseth

Norwegian folk violinist and singer

Overview: Benedicte Maurseth (born 7 February 1983 in Eidfjord, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer and musician.

Date of birth: 7 February 1983

Age: 42

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Violinist

Gender: Female

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21st-century Norwegian women singers 185T

21st-century women singers 8,493T

21st-century Norwegian violinists 9T
17.

Lars Martin Myhre

Musician

Overview: Lars Martin Myhre (10 August 1956 – 28 December 2024) was a Norwegian composer, guitarist, pianist, singer and record producer residing in Sandefjord. He was best known for his collaboration with Odd ...

Date of birth: 10 August 1956

Date of death: 28 December 2024

Age: 68 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Male

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21st-century Norwegian male musicians 379T

Norwegian male composers 178T

21st-century male musicians 9,956T
18.

Torgeir Vassvik

Norwegian Sami musician

Overview: Torgeir Vassvik (born 3 October 1962 in Gamvik, Sápmi) is a Norwegian Sami musician and composer. Vassvik combines Joik with drum and traditional instruments,.

Date of birth: 3 October 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

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Norwegian Sámi musicians 15T

People from Gamvik 4T

Norwegian Sámi people 89T
19.

Jack Berntsen

Norwegian singer-songwriter

Overview: Joakim Jan Aril "Jack" Berntsen (14 October 1940 – 5 October 2010) was a Norwegian philologist, songwriter and folk singer.

Date of birth: 14 October 1940

Date of death: 5 October 2010

Age: 69 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Male

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People from Hamarøy 6T

People from Tysfjord 2T

People from Narvik 63T
20.

Børt-Erik Thoresen

Norwegian television host

Overview: Børt-Erik Thoresen (5 May 1932 – 10 April 2011) was a Norwegian television host and folk singer.

Date of birth: 5 May 1932

Date of death: 10 April 2011

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Norwegian

Occupation: Singer

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People from Dombås 3T

People from Dovre 13T

Norwegian television presenters 96T