Sigvart Dagsland (born 18 October 1963) is a Norwegian singer, pianist, and composer.

Career

Dagsland writes and performs in various genres, his more recent albums being pop-rock. He has recorded 18 albums and performs 30–50

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s every year, and has sold over 450 000 copies of his records. He has been nominated to the Norwegian

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three times in the pop genre, and was rewarded with Prøysenprisen in 2009. Dagsland was born in

Stavanger Stavanger (, , American English, US usually , ) is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the fourth largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the a ...

in the southwestern part of Norway, and grew up in the Stokka district. He performed as a boy soprano in Stavanger Church Choir in the period 1975 to 1977 and as tenor in the Sentralkoret in 1978 to 1980. He holds a

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. In 2013 he did a series of Christmas concerts together with his wife

Karoline Krüger Karoline Krüger (born 13 February 1970 in Bergen, Norway) is a Norwegian singer, actress and composer. Career Krüger's first TV appearance was at the age of 11, in a youth show called ''Halvsju''. She got her breakthrough in 1988, first by ...

, also resulting in the album ''Jul'' (2013).

Personal

Dagsland is married to the musician

, and together they have two daughters, Sophie (b. 1998) and Emma (b. 2002). He is also godfather of Emma Tallhula Behn, who is the daughter of

Princess Märtha Louise of Norway Princess Märtha Louise of Norway (born 22 September 1971) is a member of the Norwegian royal family, a businesswoman and a self-described clairvoyant. The only daughter of King Harald V and Queen Sonja, she is fourth in the line of success ...

and

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Honors

*1990:

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in the class Pop for the album ''Alt eg såg'' *2009: "Prøysenprisen" for his long career as musical originator

Discography

Solo albums

*1985: ''Joker'' (

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) *1987: ''De umulige'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1988: '' Seculum Seculi'' (

) *1990: ''Alt eg såg'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1991: ''Sigvarts beste ballader'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1992: ''Bedre enn stillhet'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1994: ''Stup'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *1995: ''Det er makt i de foldede hender'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

Iver Kleive Iver Kleive (born 25 May 1949 in Skien, Norway) is a Norwegian composer and organist. He is known for his composing style which is a fusion of traditional church music with other musical idioms such as blues, jazz, and Norwegian folk music. He ...

*1996: ''Laiv'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

Stavanger Symphony Orchestra The Stavanger Symphony Orchestra ( no, Stavanger Symfoniorkester, SSO) is a symphony orchestra based in Stavanger, Norway. The SSO principal venue is the Stavanger Concert Hall (Stavanger konserthus), performing in the Fartein Valen concert hall. ...

*1998: ''Fri'' (

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) *2001: ''Soul Ballads'' (Norske Gram) *2001: ''Sigvarts favoritter'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2003: ''Hjemmefra'' (

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) *2004: ''Underlig frihet'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

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Solveig Slettahjell Solveig Slettahjell (born 2 April 1971 in Bærum, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz singer, known for her soulful, seductive voice. Career Slettahjell had her record debut with the album ''Slow Motion Orchestra'' (2003), contains jazz standards li ...

*2007: ''Forandring'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2009: ''Hymns'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with

Lew Soloff Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor. Biography From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...

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*2010: ''Sigvart Dagslands bryllups- og begravelsesorkester'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2012: ''Villa Nordraak'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) *2016: ''Røst'' With

Singles

;With

Sissel Kyrkjebø Sissel Kyrkjebø (; born 24 June 1969), also simply known as Sissel, is a Norwegian soprano. Sissel is considered one of the world's top crossover sopranos. Her musical style ranges from pop recordings and folk songs, to classical vocals and op ...

*1988: "Folket som danser" (Kirkelig Kulturverksted) ;With

*2004: "Ka e du redd for?" (Kirkelig Kulturverksted)

Collaborations

;With Løgnaslaget *1982: ''Klovnar uden sirkus'' (Plateselskapet) *1983: ''Baklengs i livet'' (Plateselskapet) ;With other projects *1982: ''Dans med oss, Gud'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with various artists *1985: ''Ankomst Utstein Kloster'' (with Rønnaug and others) *1993: ''Den første julenatt'' (Arken) *2002: ''Det skjedde i de dager'' (Kirkelig Kulturverksted), with Prinsesse Märtha Louise and

Oslo Gospel Choir Oslo Gospel Choir is a Norwegian gospel choir centred in Oslo, Norway conducted by Tore W. Aas. The choir started up in 1988 and has since then become one of the most successful in Europe with success both in Europe and America. They have release ...

*2011: '' Mitt lille land'' (

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), with various artists ;Film music *1998: ''The Drugs of the World'' (MTG Music), with

Eivind Aarset Eivind Aarset (born 23 March 1961) is a Norwegian guitarist who has worked with Ray Charles, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Ute Lemper, Ketil Bjørnstad, Andy Sheppard, Mike Mainieri, Arild Andersen, Abraham Laboriel, Dhafer Youssef, Django Bates, and Nils ...

, compositions by

Ragnar Bjerkreim Ragnar Bjerkreim (born 19 April 1958) is Norwegian composer with film scores as his specialty. Bjerkreim was born in Bjerkreim, and has a master's degree in music from University of Oslo; his thesis was entitled "The Function of Film Music". He r ...

References

External links

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Sigvart Dagsland CVSigvart Dagsland: 'Alt eg såg'
on

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Dagsland, Sigvart 1963 births Living people Musicians from Stavanger Norwegian male singers Norwegian Christians Spellemannprisen winners Norwegian male pianists 21st-century pianists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians