Norwegian
Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to:
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: '' lit.'' Bell Sounds, '' coll.'' Jingle Bells) 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 ...
vocal group
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formed in
Lørenskog
is a municipality in Akershus in Viken county, Norway. A suburb of Oslo, it is part of the Oslo urban area and the traditional region of Romerike. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lørenskog. Lørenskog was separ ...
in 1986.
The group performs both songs with only ''a cappella'' and songs with guitar or other unconventional music instruments like stir pans or pots. The repertoire includes songs written by its members and cover songs with
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 ...
lyrics, often translated from English with a humoristic twist.
Their first album, ''Dæng Dæng'', was released in 1991; they have published eight studio albums and one best-of album, all produced by Håkon Iversen. The debut album and several others have gone gold or platinum. ''Holiholihooo ...'', released in 1992, is their best-selling album, with more than 70,000 copies sold, and the single "Gud! hvor du er deilig" sold 40,000.
"Feit" (1990), "Hyttetur" (1991), "Mercedes Benz" (1992) and "Gummihatt" (1994) reached the top 10 on the
VG-lista
VG-lista is a Norwegian record chart
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singles chart, and "Gud! Hvor du er deilig" (1996) reached #1. On the albums chart, ''Dæng dæng'' (1991), ''Holiholihooo ...'' (1992), ''Ypper'u donk'' (1994) and ''Kort ved øra'' (1996) reached the top 5.
Members
* Finn Evensen (1986-)
* Per Henrik Gusrud (1999-)
* Robert Skrolsvik (1986-)
* Carl Einar Traaen (2002-)
* Frank Øren (1989-)