Iselilja is a
Norwegian
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feminine given name. In 2015, in Norway 17 people had the name as a first name and 15 people had it as a middle name, according to
SSB's name statistics.
Origin
"Iselilja" is mentioned in the
medieval
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Norwegian
ballad
A ballad is a form of verse, often a narrative set to music. Ballads derive from the medieval French ''chanson balladée'' or ''ballade'', which were originally "dance songs". Ballads were particularly characteristic of the popular poetry and ...
,
a song that has been recorded and released by
Alf Cranner
Alf Cranner (25 October 1936 – 3 March 2020) was a major Norwegian folk singer, lyricist and painter, considered by many to be the pioneer of the Norwegian folk music wave of the 1960s. (in Norwegian) (in Norwegian) The citation for the award o ...
on the album ''Rosemalt Sound'' (1967), by the folk-rock band on ' (1978), and by
Norwegian folk music
Much has been learned about early music in Norway from physical artifacts found during archaeological digs. These include instruments such as the lur. Viking and medieval sagas also describe musical activity, as do the accounts of priests and pil ...
band
Gåte
Gåte ( en, riddle) is a band from Trøndelag, Norway playing Norwegian folk music bred with metal and electronica. Their style has been referred to as progressive folk-rock. The band was put together by Sveinung Sundli (violin, keyboards) in ...
on their studio album ''
Iselilja
''Iselilja'' is the second album released by the Norwegian folk music band Gåte. The album was released in 2004.
The name Iselilja occurs in the lyrics of the third track of the album, the Norwegian folksong " Knut Liten og Sylvelin".
Track ...
'' (2004) and their live album ''
Liva'' (2006).
The name is, according to Norwegian historian Harald S. Næss in his eponymous
Knut Hamsun
Knut Hamsun (4 August 1859 – 19 February 1952) was a Norwegian writer who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1920. Hamsun's work spans more than 70 years and shows variation with regard to consciousness, subject, perspective a ...
biography (1984) and according to ''A Handbook of Scandinavian Names'' (2010),
a probable influence for the later name
Iselin Iselin may refer to:
People with the family name
* Adrian G Iselin (1818–1905), American banker, businessman & millionaire
* Charles Oliver Iselin (1854–1932), American banker and yachtsman
* Columbus O'Donnell Iselin (1904–1971), American o ...
known since the mid 18th century.
References
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Norwegian feminine given names
Feminine given names