Ida Gjølga Jenshus (born April 25, 1987) is a

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artist from

Steinkjer Steinkjer is a municipality in Trøndelag Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad Districts of Norway, region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Steinkjer (town), town of Steinkjer which is located on th ...

in Norway. After winning a talent competition in 2007, she recorded her first studio album in spring 2008 at the studio of record producers Lars Lien and Håkon Gebhardt. The singles ''These are the days'' and ''For the Nation'', were released prior to the release of the album entitled Color of the Sun, that was released on October 13, 2008. She won the Norwegian Spellemann Award 2008 for best country album. In 2010, she released her second album, No Guarantees, that won the Spellemann Award 2010 in the country category. She released her third studio album in October 2012 in Norway.

Ida Jenshus Band

* Ida Jenshus – vocals and guitars * Alexander Pettersen – guitar, mandolin, harmonica and vocals * Håkon Gebhardt – banjo and guitar * Stian Lundberg – drums * Kjell "KK" Karlsen – pedal steel * Aleksander Gifstad – bass

Discography

Albums

Singles

*''These Are the Days'' (2008) *''For The Nation'' (2008) *''Better Day'' (2010) *''I Waited'' (2010) *''Someone to Love'' (2012) *''Marie (What Happened to the Music?)'' (2012) * ''Days of Nothing'' (2013) * ''Ego in a Bag'' (2014), with Sugarfoot * ''Shallow River'' (2014) *''Hero'' (2014) *''My Last Goodbye'' (2015) * ''Changes'' (2015) * ''In Your Arms'' (2017) * ''Love You A Little Less'' (2018) * ''Over Before It Strandet'' (2019) * ''That Morning'' (2019) * ''Fin dag'' (2021) with Rasmus Rohde * ''Heim igjen'' (2020)

TV Filmography

*''Lyden av Lørdag'' (2007) *''Sommerspillet'' (2010) *''Sommeråpent'' (2012)

Equipment

* Gretsch White Falcon and Harmony Sovereign

Sources

External links

Official home page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Jenshus, Ida 1987 births Living people Norwegian country singers Norwegian guitarists Musicians from Steinkjer 21st-century Norwegian singers 21st-century Norwegian women singers 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century women guitarists