Halvdan Sivertsen (born 5 January 1950) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

, but raised and lives in Bodø. He has won

Spellemannprisen The Spellemannprisen (also referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards) is a Norwegian music award ceremony presented by International Federation of the Phonographic Industry#Local associations, IFPI Norge and :no:FONO, FONO. It was first awarded i ...

awards five times, twice with his group

Gitarkameratene Gitarkameratene (Norwegian: ''The Guitar Buddies'') was a Norwegian folk and comedy music supergroup consisting of Lillebjørn Nilsen, Halvdan Sivertsen, Jan Eggum and Øystein Sunde. Originally formed in 1987, the group released two albums and t ...

, and received the ''Culture Prize of Nordland county'' in 2000. His album ''Kjærlighetslandet'' reached number eight on the Norway albums chart. The

Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists NOPA, the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists is a society for creators of music and song lyrics in Norway. The object of the society is to promote Norwegian creative music, musical works and lyrics and other texts in musical works, strengt ...

awarded him the "lyrics of the year"-prize in 2010 and an accompanying grant totalling 25 000

Norwegian kroner The krone (, currency sign, abbreviation: kr (also NKr for distinction); ISO 4217, code: NOK), plural ''kroner'', is the currency of the Kingdom of Norway (including List of possessions of Norway, overseas territories and dependencies). It was t ...

, for his song ''Dødsbra dop'' — a criticism of Norwegian soldiers' behaviour in Afghanistan, and Norwegian politicians.

Discography

Albums

* ''Halvdan 23 1/2 år'' (1973) * ''Utsikt minus innsikt gir tilnærmet blindhet fra toppen av pyramiden'' (1975) * ''Nordaførr'' (1979) * ''Liv laga'' (1981) * ''Amerika'' (1985) * ''Ny og naken'' (1987) * ''"Førr ei dame"'' (1989) * ''Hilsen Halvdan'' (1991) * ''Kjærlighetslandet'' (1995) * ''Helt Halvdan'' (1996) * ''Tvil, håp og kjærlighet'' (2001) * ''Frelsesearmeens Juleplate'' (2003) * ''40+'' (2005) * ''Mellom oss'' (2008) * ''Gjør det så gjerne'' (2012)

Singles

*"Gladiatorglimt (ode til Bodø Glimt)" / "Syng sjøl" (1976) with Terje Nilsen under the name Halvdan og den gule fare *"Hvis du vil ha mæ" (1995) *"Aldri så nær som da" (1996) *"Pus har løpetid" (1996) *"Bli med mæ dit" (2008) *"Venta på toget" (2008) *"Ola Diger" (2008) *"Twisted Little Star" (2012) *"Lonesome Traveller" (2012) ;with Gitarkameratene *"Gitarkameratene" (1989) *"Typisk norsk" (1990)

With other artists

*'' Mitt lille land'' (2011)

References

External links

Official website
1950 births Living people Norwegian male singer-songwriters Norwegian singer-songwriters Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian male singers Spellemannprisen winners Musicians from Tromsø Musicians from Bodø Grappa Music artists Norwegian-language singers {{Singer-songwriter-stub