Knut Buen (born 31 October 1948) is a Norwegian fiddler, composer, folklorist and publisher. He was born in

Kongsberg Kongsberg () is a historical mining town and municipality in Buskerud, Viken county, Norway. The city is located on the river Numedalslågen at the entrance to the valley of Numedal. Kongsberg has been a centre of silver mining, arms production ...

; the son of folk musician Anders Buen and Margit Tjønn, and is brother of

Hauk Buen Hauk Buen (11 May 1933 – 1 March 2021) was a Norwegian hardingfele fiddler and fiddle maker. Buen was born in Kongsberg and was a brother of Knut Buen and Agnes Buen Garnås. Among his albums are ''Fykerudn'' from 1992 (in cooperation with hi ...

Agnes Buen Garnås Agnes Buen Garnås (born 23 October 1946) is a Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondal, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, ...

and the artist Kari Buen. He won the national music contest ''Landskappleiken'' in 1983 and 1986, and is known for his collection of traditional songs and melodies. He received

Spellemannprisen Spellemannprisen, often referred to as the Norwegian Grammy Awards in English, is a Norwegian music award presented to Norwegian musicians. The award was established by the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI), an organizati ...

in 1992 for the album ''Fykerud'n'' (in cooperation with Hauk Buen), and in 1994 for the album ''Bjølleslåtten'' (together with

Kåre Nordstoga Kåre Nordstoga (born 18 December 1954) is a Norwegian organist. Nordstoga had his early studies under Harald Aune and Odd Jacob Unhammer in Notodden where he grew up. He went on to study at the Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo, where his tea ...

and Leif Rygg). He has been running the publishing company Buen kulturverkstad and the record company ''Nyrenning''. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 1999.

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1948 births Living people Musicians from Kongsberg Norwegian fiddlers Male violinists Norwegian folklorists Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers 21st-century violinists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians {{Norway-musician-stub