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Espen
Espen is a Norwegian masculine given name. In Norway it reached the peak of its popularity between 1970 and 1990, during which period approximately 1.1% of children were given that name. Origin and variants It originated as a variant of Asbjørn or Esben. Given name Notable people with the given name include: Artists * Espen Aalberg, Norwegian jazz musician, drummer * Espen Berg (musician) (born 1983), Norwegian musician, arranger and composer * Espen Dietrichson (born 1976), Norwegian artist * Espen Eckbo (born 1973), Norwegian actor, writer and comedian * Espen Sommer Eide (born 1972), Norwegian composer and musician * Espen Eriksen, Norwegian jazz musician founder of Espen Eriksen Trio * Espen Grjotheim (born 1976), Norwegian singer and actor * Espen Haavardsholm (born 1945), Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist * Espen Klouman Høiner (born 1981), Norwegian writer and actor * Espen Beranek Holm (born 1960), Norwegian pop artist and comedian * Espen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Lind
Espen Lind (born 13 May 1971) is a Norwegian record producer, songwriter, singer, and multi-instrumentalist. He is one half of the production team Espionage, and together with his long time partner Amund Bjorklund he has written and/or produced songs for artists like Taylor Swift, Beyoncé, Train, Jennifer Hudson, Emeli Sande and Selena Gomez. Espen has also been a mentor on the Norwegian version of ''The Voice''. Solo records Espen Lind released his first solo album, ''Mmm...Prepare To Be Swayed'', in 1995 under the moniker, 'Sway'. Only released in Norway, it received mixed reviews and sold approximately 5,000 copies. His commercial breakthrough came in 1997 with the single " When Susannah Cries" which was a hit in several European and Latin American countries, including Norway where it was number one for six weeks. His second album ''Red'' went on to sell more than 100,000 copies in Norway, and 350,000 copies worldwide, earning Lind three Norwegian Grammy awards (Spellemann ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Skjønberg
Espen Henrik Skjønberg (7 April 1924 – 26 August 2022) was a Norwegian actor of stage, screen, and television. Career Skjønberg made his first movie appearances as a child in the 1932 film ''En glad gutt'' and in the 1937 Norwegian classic ''Fant'', in which his mother also appeared. His stage debut came reciting poetry at the Norwegian theatre Chat Noir in 1945. He joined the Norwegian National Theatre in 1946 and became one of its most prominent figures, appearing in 64 different roles in the next 60 years. As late as 2006 he co-starred with Toralv Maurstad (who also appeared in ''Fant'') in an adaptation of '' Waiting for Godot''. Skjønberg's first starring role in films was in 1951's ''Vi vil skilles''. Throughout the years he has acted alongside Tom Courtenay, Nigel Hawthorne, Susannah York, Edward Woodward, Gérard Depardieu, and co-starred with Hollywood veterans Cliff Robertson and Robert Mitchum in the 1995 movie Pakten. In England, he was particularly associated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Berg (musician)
Espen Berg (born 30 June 1983) is a Norwegian musician, arranger and composer from Trondheim, known for his collaborations with musicians such as trumpeter Per Jørgensen, saxophonist Marius Neset and the Trondheim Jazz Orchestra. Career Berg was born in Hamar, and began playing the piano at a very early age; at only 7 years old he was featured on national TV, performing his own compositions. He began studying the jazz tradition at the age of 16, and he earned his Master's degree in Performing music from the acknowledged Jazz program at Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in 2008. At the time he started the trio Listen!, together with Bendik Giske (saxophone) and Daniel Herskedal (tuba). Berg started working as a professional musician in 2003, and toured with his own trio Listen in Scandinavia, Spain, Syria, Cuba, Belgium, France and Hungary. He has released three albums with his own bands, and also plays within the jazz band Green Serene, Kåre Kolve Quartet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Eriksen Trio
Espen Eriksen Trio is a Norwegian jazz piano trio formed in 2007, consisting of Espen Eriksen (piano), Lars Tormod Jenset (double bass) and Andreas Bye (drums). The trio has released five albums on the Norwegian record-label Rune Grammofon. They have performed at Molde Int. Jazz Festival, Oslo Jazzfestival, Maijazz and Vossajazz in Norway, Jazz Province Festival in Russia and Penang Jazz Festival in Malaysia, in addition to several club performances in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain and Malaysia. Discography Studio albums * 2010: ''You Had Me At Goodbye'' (Rune Grammofon) * 2012: ''What Took You So Long'' (Rune Grammofon) * 2015: ''Never Ending January'' (Rune Grammofon) * 2018: ''Perfectly Unhappy'' (Rune Grammofon), with Andy Sheppard *2020: '' End of Summer'' (Rune Grammofon) * 2022: ''In The Mountains'' (Rune Grammofon), with Andy Sheppard Andy Sheppard (born 20 January 1957) is a British jazz saxophonist and composer. He has been awarded several prizes at the B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Agdestein
Espen Agdestein (born 7 February 1965) is the former manager of current Chess World Champion Magnus Carlsen (until 2021). He is the brother of chess grandmaster and former coach of Magnus Carlsen, Simen Agdestein, and is himself a FIDE master, with a FIDE rating of 2372. Espen is one of the co-founders and partners of Idekapital, the largest Venture Capital Fund in Norway. Idekapital manages over NOK 500 million and invests in Norwegian startup companies in need of growth capital. He founded Idekapital together with Anders Brandt, Rune Holen and Kristian Øvsthus. He is part owner and sits in the board of directors in Magnus Carlsen's company Play Magnus, where Anders Brandt is chairman and Kate Murphy is the CEO. Espen said that "Play Magnus is Magnus Carlsen's tool to bring chess to the world". Espen was Carlsen's manager beginning in 2009, and according to an interview in the Norwegian newspaper Stavanger Aftenblad, the job as manager of Magnus Carlsen turned out to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Sandberg
Espen Sandberg (born 2 June 1971) is a Norwegian film director and advertising producer, well known to work with his childhood friend and director Joachim Rønning on several projects such as ''Bandidas'' (2006), '' Max Manus: Man of War'' (2008), ''Kon-Tiki'' (2012) and '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017). He received a nomination at 85th Academy Awards as well as 70th Golden Globe Awards for Best Foreign Language Film for directing 2012 movie ''Kon-Tiki'' with Rønning. Early life and career Espen Sandberg was born in Sandefjord, Norway on 17 June 1971. Growing up in the 1980s, Sandberg and his childhood friend Joachim Rønning spent their free time making short films with Joachim's father's 30-pound home video camera, one of few burdens for being the first of the video generation. He has two sons named Peder and Axel and one daughter named Ea. In 1992 they both attended Stockholm Film School in Sweden, and graduated in 1994. Later that year they serve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Rud
Espen Rud (born 29 January 1948 in Asker, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums), composer, and music arranger, and the son of Norwegian author Nils Johan Rud (1908–93). He is known from numerous recordings and in collaboration with Karin Krog and Dexter Gordon, within Terje Rypdal's trio Min Bul, or the absurd musical theater of Svein Finnerud Trio. Career Rud joined the fri jazz band Svein Finnerud Trio (1967–74), was educated at the Norges Musikkhøgskole (1968), was percussionist within Pompel og Pilt (1969), was part of ''Min bul'' (1970) in trio with Terje Rypdal and Bjørnar Andresen, and contributed on the Karin Krog album ''Some other spring'' (1970), where Dexter Gordon and Kenny Drew also contributed. He also played within the Ivar Antonsen Trio, and led his own Quartet together with Ivar Antonsen, Ditlef Eckhoff and Sture Janson, performing at Moldejazz in 1969. In the 1980s he started an extensive collaboration with Rikskonsertene (1978–), lately w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Wensaas
Espen Wensaas (born November 14, 1986) is a Norwegian musician and multi-instrumentalist (most notably mandolin, cittern and guitar) residing in Oslo, Norway. He is mostly known for performing Norwegian and Scandinavian folk music on guitar and modern cittern. Education Wensaas started his musical education at Toneheim Folk High School in 2004, where he was studying classical guitar and other music related subjects. Later on he continued his classical training in Ringerike High School in Hønefoss. After high school Wensaas moved to Stavanger in 2009 to study jazz guitar at the University of Stavanger. He moved to Oslo in 2010 and was admitted to a bachelor's degree in musical performance at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo. He graduated from the academy in 2015, also receiving the highest grade possible on his final exam concert. In 2018 he became the first student admitted to the masters program in the folk department at the same academy with guitar and cittern as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Aalberg
Espen Aalberg is a Norwegian jazz musician (drums) known for his contributions in several orchestras like The Core, Shagma, Kwaz, Håvard Lund Quartet and musicians like Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Wiik and Torbjörn Zetterberg. He also contributes on a series of recordings. Career Aalberg played percussion in Namsos percussion ensemble (1988–1994) and became champion in ensemble playing, after which he studied at the "Musikkonservatoriet" in Tromsø and the Jazz Program at '' Trondheim Musikkonservatorium'' (1998–2000). (1999–2002). While studying jazz in Trondheim, he formed the innovative band The Core together with fellow students (including Kjetil Møster, Erlend Slettevoll and Steinar Raknes). He also established the jazz band Shagma in 2004, comprising additional Jørgen Mathisen and Raknes. At the Nattjazz jazz festival in Bergen 2006 he led the band Kwaz comprising Jonas Kullhammar, Håvard Wiik and Torbjörn Zetterberg. In addition Aalberg has contributed with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Beranek Holm
Espen Beranek Holm (born 23 March 1960) is a Norwegian pop artist and comedian. Career Beranek is a Norwegian solo artist. His debut single ''Dra te' hælvete'' (1981), which was a great success, caused controversy when the song was banned by NRK. It was followed up by the albums ''Sound of Danger'' (1981), ''X-Ray'' (1983), ''Trigger'' (1984), ''Daylight In the Dark'' (1986), ''The Red File'' (1988) and ''Tacoma Bridge'' (1994). He provided synth, guitar, bass, drums and vocal on all albums, and produced all albums himself. Jean Jaques Burnel from the Stranglers recorded one track together with Beranek on ''Trigger''. He also produced a couple of tracks for ''Daylight In the Dark'' as well as providing bass and backing vocals. Dave Greenfield from the Stranglers also contributed to the album with some synth-work together with pedal steel guitarist B.J.Cole. Beranek has been a member of the bands Dei Nye Kappelanane, Langsomt Mot Nord, Spastisk Ekstase and Ung Pike Forsvunnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Klouman Høiner
Espen Klouman Høiner (born 31 August 1981, in Nesodden, Akershus) is a Norwegian writer and actor. He graduated from Westerdals School of Communication and Norwegian National Academy of Theatre in Oslo. He first appeared in the teen drama ''Bare Bea'' (2004), but gained recognition as an aspiring writer in the Joachim Trier movie ''Reprise'' in 2006. He also played in ''Switch'' (2007) and ''Must Have Been Love'' (2013). Filmography * ''The Heavy Water War'' (TV series) (2015) * ''Must Have Been Love'' (2013) * '' Upperdog'' (2009) * '' Uti vår hage'' (TV series) (2008) * ''Switch'' (2007) * ''Reprise'' (2006) * ''Bare Bea'' (2004) Awards * Won the Kanon Award (2013) in the Best Actor category, for his role in ''It Must Have Been Love''. * Won the Hedda Award (2013) in the Best Supporting Actor category for his role as Biff Loman in the plays ''Death of a Salesman'' and Ivar Zolen in ''Bør Børson'' External linksEspen Klouman Høiner Aschehoug ForlagEspen Klouman Høiner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Espen Haavardsholm
Espen Haavardsholm (born 10 February 1945, in Oslo) is a Norwegian novelist, poet, biographer and essayist. He made his literary debut in 1966 with the collection of short stories, ''Tidevann''. He was one of the central writers in the modernist literary magazine '' Profil''. He has written biographies on Martin Linge (his grandfather), Aksel Sandemose and Johan Borgen Johan Collett Müller Borgen (28 April 1902 – 16 October 1979) was a Norwegian writer, journalist and critic. His best-known work is the novel ''Lillelord'' for which he was awarded the Norwegian Critics Prize for Literature in 1955. He was .... Awards * Gyldendal's Endowment 1970 *'' Aschehoug Prize'' 2006. References 1945 births Living people 20th-century Norwegian novelists 21st-century Norwegian novelists Norwegian male poets Norwegian essayists Norwegian male novelists Male essayists 20th-century essayists 21st-century essayists 20th-century Norwegian male writers 21st-century Norw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
