Thea Hjelmeland (born 1987) is a Norwegian musician, singer and songwriter. She was born in

Førde Førde is a former municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It was located in the traditional district of Sunnfjord. The administrative center was the town of Førde which in 2016 had 10,255 inhabitants. Other villages in Før ...

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...

, to an artist mother and a musician father.

Career

Her first album ''Oh, the third..'' was released in 2012.Thea Hjelmeland
NRK. Retrieved 3 October 2014 Her second album ''Solar Plexus'' was released in 2014. The music is a mixture of

pop Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop! (British group), a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Album ...

electronica Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom. In the United States, the term is mos ...

and

world music "World music" is an English phrase for styles of music from non-English speaking countries, including quasi-traditional, Cross-cultural communication, intercultural, and traditional music. World music's broad nature and elasticity as a musical ...

. The album received good to excellent reviews. The song "Feathery" was released as a single.Eldgrim Fossheim et al (13 August 2014
Thea gjorde plate av sorga si: – Det er veldig sterkt og eg er veldig stolt
NRK Hjelmeland has featured on several of

Lars Vaular Lars Nesheim Vaular (born 20 September 1984) is a Norwegian rapper, singer and songwriter from Åsane, Bergen. He started rapping in 2003. He initially released songs under the duo Tier'n og Lars before going solo. Tier'n & Lars Vaular had his ...

's songs. In 2014, she made the music for Frode Grytten's play ''Sånne som oss'' at

Den Nationale Scene Den Nationale Scene () is the largest theatre in Bergen, Norway. Den Nationale Scene is also one of the oldest permanent theatres in Norway. History Opened under the name '' Det Norske Theater'' in 1850, the theatre has roots dating back to its ...

. The play was based on the songs of John Olav Nilsen & Gjengen.Geir Rakvaag (5 September 2014
Sanger fra mellomgulvet
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'' She lives in

Bergen Bergen (, ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Vestland county on the Western Norway, west coast of Norway. Bergen is the list of towns and cities in Norway, second-largest city in Norway after the capital Oslo. By May 20 ...

and has also lived in Førde, Cuba and

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Honors

*2014:

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 ...

awarded in the class Indie pop *2015:

Vossajazz Vossajazz or Vossa Jazz (established 19 December 1973) is an international jazz festival in Voss, Norway, which takes place annually during the week before Easter, and which also includes concerts throughout the year. The festival has been led by ...

prisen

Discography

*2012: ''Oh, The Third..'' (Øra Fonogram) *2014: ''Solar Plexus'' (TheaH Music)

References

Spellemannprisen winners Living people Norwegian women singer-songwriters Norwegian singer-songwriters Norwegian pop musicians English-language singers from Norway 1987 births People from Førde 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers {{Norway-singer-stub