Honningbarna ( en, "The Honey Children") is a punk rock band from

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, known for performing lyrics in the local Kristiansand dialect.

Career

The band débuted in 2010 with the EP ''Honningbarna''. In January 2011, they were named as the winners in a competition for fresh music, ''Årets Urørt'' organized by the radio station

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. The winning song named ''Borgerskapets utakknemlige sønner'' ("Ungrateful sons of the bourgeoisie"). At 25th of march, in the same year, they released their debut album ''La alarmane gå'' (Sound the alarms). The debut album won in the category of ''rock'' during

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2011. They were also nominated in the category ''Newcomer''. In 2011 they played at a festival

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and live on

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TV campaign of 2011. Drummer Anders Eikås died in a car accident on 31 January 2012.

Band members

*Edvard Valberg (

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) *Christoffer Trædal (

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) *Tomas Berglund (bass) *Johan Hansson Liljeberg (guitar) *Nils Nilsen (drums)

Past members

*Mathias Johansson (

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) *Anders Eikås (

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s) (deceased) *Fredrik Justnes (guitar) *Lars Emmelthun (bass) *Simen Følstad Nilsen (guitar)

Honors

*2011:

in the category Rock music, for the album ''La Alarmane Gå''

Discography

Studio albums

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

: ''La Alarmane Gå'' *

2013 File:2013 Events Collage V2.png, From left, clockwise: Edward Snowden becomes internationally famous for leaking classified NSA wiretapping information; Typhoon Haiyan kills over 6,000 in the Philippines and Southeast Asia; The Dhaka garment fact ...

: ''Verden Er Enkel'' *

2015 File:2015 Events Collage new.png, From top left, clockwise: Civil service in remembrance of November 2015 Paris attacks; Germanwings Flight 9525 was purposely crashed into the French Alps; the rubble of residences in Kathmandu following the Apri ...

: ''Opp De Nye Blanke'' *

2016 File:2016 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: Bombed-out buildings in Ankara following the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt; the impeachment trial of Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff; Damaged houses during the 2016 Nagorno-Karabakh ...

: ''Goldenboy'' *

2017 File:2017 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The War Against ISIS at the Battle of Mosul (2016-2017); aftermath of the Manchester Arena bombing; The Solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 ("Great American Eclipse"); North Korea tests a ser ...

: ''Voldelig Lyd'' *

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

: ''Animorphs''

EPs

*2010: ''Honningbarna'' (EP)

Singles

*2010: ''Våkn opp'' *2010: ''Noen å hate'' *2010: ''Til ungdommen'' *2011: ''Den eldre garde'' *2011: ''Protokoll'' *2011: ''God jul Jesus – Bootleg Series'' *2012: ''Offerdans'' *2013: ''Fuck Kunst (Dans Dans)'' *2013: ''Police on My Back'' *2015: ''Prinser av Sarajevo'' *2016: ''Drep meg'' *2017: ''Hold an ann'' *2017: ''Sant'' *2017: ''Penthouse Perfekt'' In 2013 they also contributed to the book ''Think like a rockstar'', written by

Ståle Økland Ståle Økland (born 21 April 1976) is a Norwegian writer, thinker, trend expert and public speaker. He grew up in Bryne, Leverkusen and Paris. He currently lives in Oslo, Norway. Personal life Ståle Økland's academic background is studies in s ...

References

External links

*
Interview with Honningbarna (2012)
* {{Authority control Norwegian punk rock groups Spellemannprisen winners Musical groups established in 2010 2010 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Kristiansand