Svavar Knútur is the stage name of Icelandic singer-songwriter Svavar Knútur Kristinsson, from the Northwest of Iceland and the
Eastfjords
Eastern Region (, ) is a Regions of Iceland, region in eastern Iceland. Its area is and in 2024 its population was 11,085. The Eastern Region has a jagged coastline of fjords, referred to as the ''Eastfjords'' ( ).
The largest town in the regi ...
, but living in the town of
Akureyri
Akureyri (, ) is a town in northern Iceland, the country's fifth most populous Municipalities of Iceland, municipality (under the official name of Akureyrarbær , 'town of Akureyri') and the largest outside the Capital Region (Iceland), Capital R ...
. He sings in
Icelandic and English
and collaborated with Czech singer-songwriter
Markéta Irglová
Markéta Irglová () (born 28 February 1988) is a Czech-Icelandic singer-songwriter, musician and actress, who starred in the film '' Once'', which earned her a number of major awards, including the Academy Award for Best Original Song for " Fal ...
on his album Ölduslóð (Way of Waves).
He has in recent years toured extensively around Europe as well as doing some touring of Australia and North America.
Svavar Knútur is one of the founding members and curators of the
Melodica festival
The melodica is a handheld free-reed instrument similar to a pump organ or harmonica. It features a musical keyboard on top, and is played by blowing air through a mouthpiece that fits into a hole in the side of the instrument. The keyboard usual ...
, curating the Reykjavík branch of the festival. In the German town of Schleswig Svavar Knútur has played multiple times on the Norden Festival in 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Album history
Knútur has released six solo albums beginning in 2009 with "Kvöldvaka (Songs by the Fire)". In 2010, he presented "Amma (Songs for my Grandmother)" and in 2012 his "Ölduslóð (Way of Waves)". In 2015 "Brot (The Breaking)" was released.
In September 2018 Knútur released the album "Ahoy! Side A" via Dimma and Nordic Notes. A story of new beginnings and the challenges of a new world. It contains five new songs and four "Repaintings" of older songs. Most recently, the album "Ahoy! Side B" was released in April 2024.
Discography
*''Kvöldvaka (Songs by the fire)'' (Dimma, 2009)
*''Amma (Songs for my Grandmother)'' (Beste! Unterhaltung, 2010)
*''Glæður'' With Kristjana Stefáns (Dimma, 2011)
*''Ölduslóð (Way of Waves)'' (Beste! Unterhaltung, 2012)
*''Songs of Weltschmerz, Waldeinsamkeit and Wanderlust'' EP (Beste! Unterhaltung; Dimma, 2015)
*''Brot (The Breaking)'' (Nordic Notes, 2015)
*''My Goodbye Lovelies'' (Nordic Notes, 2017)
*''AHOY! SIDE A'' (Nordic Notes, 2018)
*''Morgunn (Acoustic Version)'' Single (2020)
*''Bil (Between)'' EP (Nordic Notes, 2020)
*''Faðmlög'' with Kristjana Stefáns (Nordic Notes, 2020)
*''The tide is rising'' Single (2021)
*''Hope and Fortune'' Single feat. Irish Mythen (2021)
*''Unanswered'' with
Lucy Ward and Adyn Townes (2023)
*''AHOY! SIDE B'' (2024)
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*''Ahoy! Double LP'' (2024)
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References
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21st-century Icelandic male singers
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Icelandic singer-songwriters
Indie folk musicians
Icelandic composers