Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (Alternate names: Bó Halldórsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or Bó Hall) (born 16 April 1951) is an

Iceland Iceland ( is, Ísland; ) is a Nordic island country in the North Atlantic Ocean and in the Arctic Ocean. Iceland is the most sparsely populated country in Europe. Iceland's capital and largest city is Reykjavík, which (along with its s ...

ic pop

singer Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

from

Hafnarfjörður Hafnarfjörður (), officially Hafnarfjarðarkaupstaður (), is a port town and municipality in Iceland, located about south of Reykjavík. The municipality consists of two non-contiguous areas in the Capital Region, on the southwest coast of t ...

. He represented Iceland in the

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with the song '' Núna'' (English: Now), ranked in 15th place with 31 points. Björgvin performed with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, amongst others, and released several solo albums. Björgvin took part in several TV shows. Accessed August 7, 2008

Life

Björgvin was born on 16 April 1951. His daughter Svala is a pop singer, and was Iceland's representative in the

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Discography

Albums

This is a selective list of albums by Björgvin.Björgvin Halldórsson » Plötur
www.tonlist.is Accessed August 6, 2008 * ''Þó líði ár og öld'' (1969) * ''Ég syng fyrir þig'' (1978) * ''Jólagestir'' (1987) * ''Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt'' (1989) * ''Jólagestir 2'' (1989) * ''Yrkjum Ísland (smáskífa)'' (1994) * ''Þó líði ár og öld'' (1994) * ''Núna'' / If it's gonna end in heartache (1995) * ''Núna'' (1995) * ''Jólagestir 3'' (1995) * ''Alla leið heim'' (1997) * ''Bestu jólalög Björgvins'' (1999) * ''Um jólin'' (2000) * ''Á hverju kvöldi'' (2000) * ''Eftirlýstur'' (2001) * ''Ég tala um þig'' (2002) * ''Brúðarskórnir'' (2003) * ''Duet'' (2003) * ''Manstu það (smáskífa)'' (2005) * ''Ár og öld'' (2005) * ''Björgvin ásamt Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands & gestum'' (2006) * ''Björgvin'' (2006) * ''Jólagestir 4'' (2007) * ''Jólagestir Björgvins í Höllinni 2008'' (2008) * ''Duet II'' / ''Duet II (Deluxe)'' (2010) * ''Gullvagninn'' (2011) * ''Duet 3'' (2013) (with

Jón Jónsson Jón Ragnar Jónsson (born 30 October 1985 in Hafnarfjörður, Iceland) is an Icelandic singer songwriter and a former soccer player. He was signed by Epic Records and has released three albums, ''Wait for Fate'' (2011), ''Heim'' (2014), and ...

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Singles

(Selective) *"Núna" / "If It's Gonna End in Heartache" (1995) *"Ást er æði" (2013) * "Kæri vinur" (duet with

) (2014)

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