Agnes Buen Garnås (born 23 October 1946) is a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

folk singer from the county of

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of

Jondal Jondal is a former municipality in the old Hordaland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1863 until its dissolution in 2020 when it became part of Ullensvang Municipality in Vestland county. It was located on the Folgefonna peninsula ...

, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist

Jan Garbarek Jan Garbarek () (born 4 March 1947) is a Norwegian jazz saxophonist, who is also active in classical music and world music. Garbarek was born in Mysen, Østfold, southeastern Norway, the only child of a former Polish prisoner of war, Czesław ...

on the ECM album ''Rosensfole''. From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the

Telemark University College Telemark University College (TUC, no, Høgskolen i Telemark, HiT) was, until its merger, the fourth largest university college in Norway. The University College had about 7000 students, split between four different locations in Bø, Notodden, Por ...

. Other family members who are well known as traditional musicians include her brothers,

Hauk Buen Hauk Buen (11 May 1933 – 1 March 2021) was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddler and fiddle maker. Buen was born in Kongsberg and was a brother of Knut Buen and Agnes Buen Garnås. Among his albums are ''Fykerudn'' from 1992 (in cooperation with hi ...

and

Knut Buen Knut Buen (born 31 October 1948) is a Norwegian fiddler, composer, folklorist and publisher. He was born in Kongsberg; the son of folk musician Anders Buen and Margit Tjønn, and is brother of Hauk Buen, Agnes Buen Garnås and the artist Kari Bue ...

, and her son Per Anders Buen Garnås.

Discography

*Det spelar og syng i familien Buen, 1975 *Når klokkune gjeve dur, 1976, 2002 *Folk Music of Norway, 1977 *Nordafjølls, 1983 *På gamle tufter, with Sondre Bratland, Kåre Nordstoga, Guttorm *Guttormsen, Knut Buen, Halvor Håkanes, Warren Carlstrøm and

Finn Kvalem Finn Kvalem (April 12, 1934 – February 26, 1990) was a Norwegian actor, stage director, and translator. Kvalem had his debut at the Norwegian Theater in 1955, where he was engaged from 1956 to 1969. After that, he was at the National Theater ...

, 1985 *Jul med Rupesekken, 1985 *Stem våre understrenger, with Knut Buens, 1988 *Draumkvedet, with Inger Lise Ulsrud and Knut Buen, 1989 *Tusseliten og Trippeliti, with Finn Kvalem, Guttorm Guttormsen, Knut Buen and Olav Snortheim, 1989 *Rosensfole, with Jan Garbarek, 1989 *Høgdepunkt frå Landskappleiken, 1994 *Med blanke ark, 1994 *Attersyn, with Knut Buen, 1995 *Stev og slått, with Knut Buen, 1996 *Det syng, with Anne Marit Jacobsen, Halvor Håkanes, Eli Storbekken and *Sinikka Langeland, 1997 *Langt inn i hugheimen, with Knut Buen, 1997 *Ljos og skugge, with Knut Buen, 1998 *Soltreet, 2002 *Han rider den mørke natt, 2002 With

*'' Rosensfole'' (ECM, 1989) *''

Twelve Moons ''Twelve Moons'' is an album by Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek recorded in 1992 and released on the ECM label.

'' (ECM, 1992)

References

External links

Agnes Buen Garnås official siteAgnes Buen Garnås Biography

Store Norske Leksikon The ''Great Norwegian Encyclopedia'' ( no, Store Norske Leksikon, abbreviated ''SNL''), is a Norwegian-language online encyclopedia. The online encyclopedia is among the most-read Norwegian published sites, with more than two million unique vis ...

(in Norwegian)
Agnes Buen Garnås pageAgnes Buen Garnås page
(in Norwegian)
Agnes Buen Garnås video
(Click on "Norway," then select Buen Garnås's video from the list.) {{DEFAULTSORT:Buen Garnaas, Agnes 1946 births Living people Norwegian women singers People from Telemark People from Ullensvang Telemark University College alumni