Music of Norway

Folk music from Norway is usually in minor or modal, making a sober and haunting sound, though major key dance music forms also exist.

Some types of music developed in Norway include:

• Fiddle music (Hardingfeleverket, Feleverket) - Norway has a distinctive type of fiddle called the Hardanger)
• Wind music (Ole Olsen, Oscar Borg, Alfred Evensen, Adolf Hansen and Johannes Hansen; see Norwegian death metal

The most famous Norwegian classical composer is Edvard Grieg. The 20th century composer Geirr Tveitt incorporated folk music elements into his work. Also of note is the modernist composer Arne Nordheim.

Music artists or groups from Norway include:

• A-ha
• Amundsen
• Arild Andersen
• Arve Tellefsen
• Biosphere
• Ephemera
• Gluecifer
• Jaga Jazzist
• The Jessica Fletchers
• Kaizers Orchestra
• Kings of Convenience
• Leif Ove Andsnes
• Lene Marlin
• Madrugada
• Motorpsycho
• Ole Edvard Antonsen
• Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band
• Röyksopp
• Terje Rypdal
• Seigmen
• Sondre Lerche
• St. Thomas
• Thulsa Doom
• Turbonegro
• Ugress
• Xploding Plastix
• Zeromancer

Norwegian jazz and nu jazz artists include:

• Jan Garbarek
• Sidsel Endresen
• Nils Petter Molvær
• Bugge Wesseltoft

Today Norway's main musical export is black metal, mainly:

• Satyricon
• Dimmu Borgir
• Emperor
• Mayhem
• Kovenant

And some Norwegian labels:

• Norske Gram
• Tuba Records

Norwegian popular music has generally been appearing on the international scene after year 2000, initially a breakthrough by Norwegian jazz and black metal artists, then followed by electronica and pop artists. The Rune Grammofon record label has gained some renown for releasing experimental Nowegian music.

See also

• Norwegian Wood Festival
• Quart festival

External links

• Norwegian pop music - article from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• The History of Music in Norway - article from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs