Alf Prøysen was a Norwegian author, poet, playwright, songwriter and musician. Prøysen was one of the most important Norwegian cultural personalities in the second half of the 20th century. He worked in several different media including books, newspapers and records. He also made significant contributions to music as well as to television and radio. He also wrote in the Arbeiderbladet from 1954 until his death.
The Bergen Wave is an expression often used by Norwegian media regarding the city of Bergen, Norway as a platform for the development of modern music, illustrating a period in time of a new generation of artists from Bergen "taking over" the musical landscape in Norway.
Joachim Nielsen, better known as Jokke, was a Norwegian rock musician and poet. He was the frontman of Norwegian rock band Jokke & Valentinerne, the brother of cartoonist Christopher Nielsen, and son of the artist John David Nielsen. He is considered to be one of the greatest songwriters in Norway.
DumDum Boys are a Norwegian rock band from Trondheim. They are one of the most successful Norwegian rock acts of all time, and are considered one of the "four great" bands who popularized modern rock with Norwegian lyrics in the mid-to-late 1980s. Before breaking into the mainstream they were known as a punk rock act under the name Wannskrækk.
Matias Tellez is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, composer and record producer. Matias is one of the many young artists that the press have called the Bergen Wave. His music contains elements of pop, rock and Tropicália. He released solo music until starting the band Young Dreams, of which he is the principal songwriter and producer.
Rune Larsen is a Norwegian journalist, singer, musician, record producer and television presenter.
Nikolai Hængsle is a Norwegian bass guitarist. He is primarily known as a member of BigBang and The National Bank (2004–present). Eilertsen, who was born in Skotselv, also participates in the bands Lester, Needlepoint and Elephant9.
Alf Cranner was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter, considered by many to be the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. The citation for the award of Evert Taube Memorial Fund Grant 1994, to Cranner states: «Det är motiverat att anse honom som sin tids fader för den norska viskonsten». He is known for several popular folk music interpretations and beautiful folk tunes, including these: Å, den som var en løvetann with lyrics by another great Norwegian folk singer and lyricist Alf Prøysen (1914–1970), Bare skrap and Den skamløse gamle damen with lyrics by Klaus Hagerup and Sjømannsvise with the text of Harald Sverdrup. Among Cranner folk songs with his own lyrics is Båt til lyst and Hambo i fellesferien two of the best known. The folk song Din tanke er fri, is Cranner translation of the German Die Gedanken sind frei.
Birgitte Grimstad is a Danish-born Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer and writer.
Øivind Elgenes alias "Elg" is a Norwegian vocalist, guitarist and composer, known from a series of recordings and as front figure of the Norwegian band Dance with a Stranger.
Yngve Moe was a Norwegian bass guitarist and founding member of the rock band Dance with a Stranger.
Frank Jakobsen is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), known from a number of recordings, and central to the jazz scenes in Bergen and Oslo.
Thomas Tellevik Dahl is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), music educator and composer, known from a series recordings, among others within bands like Krøyt and Dingobats.
Per Atle Kolstad is a Norwegian musician, known from the band Lava, Jonas Fjeld Band and Prima Vera, and has numerous recordings as a studio musician.
Yngve Leidulv Sætre is a Norwegian record producer, musician. He worked as a record producer in Sigma Studio, before, together with Jørgen Træen, he started Duper Studio in Møhlenpris, Bergen in 1996.
Helén Eriksen is a Norwegian Jazz musician, songwriter and music arranger.
Harald Frode Unneland is a Norwegian musician, drummer and multi-instrumentalist.
Kråkesølv is a rock band from Bodø, Norway. The name is taken from a tune by the hardcore band Hjertesorg, in which Fredrik William Olsen and Thomas Litangen played.
Maj Britt Andersen is a Norwegian singer.
Barbie Bones was a rock band from Bergen, Norway that existed in the period 1987 to 1993. The band started under the name Monalisa Overdrive, and released two albums before it was dissolved. Under their first name, they released the EP Shake Me Hip in 1988. They then changed their name to Barbie Bones released their first album Brake For Nobody på EMI Music in 1990. The album was released worldwide, og bandet played concerts around in Europe and US. The second album, Death in the Rockinghorse Factory, was released in 1992 and it was awarded Spellemannprisen 1992 in the rock category. Despite good reviews, none of the albums achieved the big sales figures. This combined with problems with the follow-up from the record company led to the band being dissolved in 1993. The band has since had some reunion concerts, including in connection with a jubilee concert for the venue Garage in Bergen (2000) and at the 2006 Nattjazz.
