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Bendiksen Award
The Bendiksen Award, or Bendiksenprisen in Norwegian, is a music award granted by the Norwegian Ministry of Culture and awarded by the Norwegian Artists' Association, GramArt. The award was established in 2009. The Award is meant to contribute to the development of talent in Norwegian pop music industry, and "be a contribution to an artist that already has established a career, that either has one commercial release or conduct concert performances of a certain scale". The winner receives 100,000 Norwegian kroner. The award is named after Norwegian singer Arne Bendiksen. Awards * 2010: Karpe Diem. Nominees: Susanne Sundfør, Marit Larsen, Shining and Donkeyboy. * 2011: Ida Jenshus. Nominees: Lars Vaular, Thom Hell, Kvelertak and Montée. * 2012: Stein Torleif Bjella. Nominees: Katzenjammer, Jarle Bernhoft, LidoLido and Donkeyboy. * 2013: Monica Heldal. Nominees: LidoLido, Arve Henriksen, Frida Amundsen and Violet Road. * 2014: Highasakite. Nominees: Gabrielle, Oslo Ess, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Language
Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional varieties; some Norwegian and Swedish dialects, in particular, are very close. These Scandinavian languages, together with Faroese and Icelandic as well as some extinct languages, constitute the North Germanic languages. Faroese and Icelandic are not mutually intelligible with Norwegian in their spoken form because continental Scandinavian has diverged from them. While the two Germanic languages with the greatest numbers of speakers, English and German, have close similarities with Norwegian, neither is mutually intelligible with it. Norwegian is a descendant of Old Norse, the common language of the Germanic peoples living in Scandinavia during the Viking Age. Today there are two official forms of ''written'' Norwegian, (literally ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
