Ragnar Bjerkreim (born 19 April 1958) is Norwegian

composer A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music. Etymology and Defi ...

with

film score A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

s as his specialty. Bjerkreim was born in

Bjerkreim Bjerkreim is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Dalane. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Vikeså. Other villages in the municipality include Bjerkreim and Øvre ...

, and has a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

in music from

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

; his thesis was entitled "The Function of Film Music". He received his first success as a composer for the two ''

Kamilla and the Thief ''Kamilla and the Thief'' (''Kamilla og Tyven'') is a Norwegian family movie from 1988 directed by Grete Salomonsen and produced by her husband Odd Hynnekleiv. The movie is an adaption from a Norwegian children's novel by Kari Vinje, and is th ...

'' movies. Bjerkreim is now one of the most productive composers in Norwegian television. He is also board chairman of the

Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists NOPA, the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists is a society for creators of music and song lyrics in Norway. The object of the society is to promote Norwegian creative music, musical works and lyrics and other texts in musical works, strengt ...

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* 1958 births Living people People from Bjerkreim Norwegian composers Norwegian male composers Norwegian film score composers Male film score composers University of Oslo alumni {{Norway-composer-stub