Sigvart Dagsland (born 18 October 1963) is a Norwegian singer, pianist, and composer.

Career

Dagsland writes and performs in various genres, his more recent albums being pop-rock. He has recorded 18 albums and performs 30–50

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s every year, and has sold over 450 000 copies of his records. He has been nominated to the Norwegian

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three times in the pop genre, and was rewarded with Prøysenprisen in 2009. Dagsland was born in

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in the southwestern part of Norway, and grew up in the Stokka district. He performed as a boy soprano in Stavanger Church Choir in the period 1975 to 1977 and as tenor in the Sentralkoret in 1978 to 1980. He holds a

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. In 2013 he did a series of Christmas concerts together with his wife

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, also resulting in the album ''Jul'' (2013).

Personal

Dagsland is married to the musician

, and together they have two daughters, Sophie (b. 1998) and Emma (b. 2002). He is also godfather of Emma Tallhula Behn, who is the daughter of

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and

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Honors

*1990:

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in the class Pop for the album ''Alt eg såg'' *2009: "Prøysenprisen" for his long career as musical originator

Discography

Solo albums

*1985: ''Joker'' ( Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1987: ''De umulige'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1988: '' Seculum Seculi'' ( Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1990: ''Alt eg såg'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1991: ''Sigvarts beste ballader'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1992: ''Bedre enn stillhet'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1994: ''Stup'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1995: ''Det er makt i de foldede hender'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Iver Kleive *1996: ''Laiv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

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*1998: ''Fri'' (

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) *2001: ''Soul Ballads'' (Norske Gram) *2001: ''Sigvarts favoritter'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2003: ''Hjemmefra'' (

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) *2004: ''Underlig frihet'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

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& Solveig Slettahjell *2007: ''Forandring'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2009: ''Hymns'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Iver Kleive,

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*2010: ''Sigvart Dagslands bryllups- og begravelsesorkester'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2012: ''Villa Nordraak'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2016: ''Røst'' With

Singles

;With

Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also known abroad as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. She is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs to classical vocals and operati ...

*1988: "Folket som danser" (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) ;With

*2004: "Ka e du redd for?" (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)

Collaborations

;With Løgnaslaget *1982: ''Klovnar uden sirkus'' (Plateselskapet) *1983: ''Baklengs i livet'' (Plateselskapet) ;With other projects *1982: ''Dans med oss, Gud'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with various artists *1985: ''Ankomst Utstein Kloster'' (with Rønnaug and others) *1993: ''Den første julenatt'' (Arken) *2002: ''Det skjedde i de dager'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Prinsesse Märtha Louise and

Oslo Gospel Choir Oslo Gospel Choir is a Norwegian gospel choir based in Oslo, Norway, conducted by Tore W. Aas. The choir started up in 1988 and has since then become a successful gospel choir in Europe as well as America. As of 2024, they have released 33 albums ...

*2011: '' Mitt lille land'' (

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), with various artists ;Film music *1998: ''The Drugs of the World'' (MTG Music), with

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, compositions by Ragnar Bjerkreim

References

External links

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Sigvart Dagsland CVSigvart Dagsland: 'Alt eg såg'
on

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at Haukeland University Hospital on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dagsland, Sigvart 1963 births Living people Musicians from Stavanger Norwegian male singers Norwegian Christians Spellemannprisen winners Norwegian male pianists 21st-century Norwegian pianists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians