Valkyrien Allstars (established 2003 in

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) is a

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Trio whose music is based on Norwegian

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. They present many different genres and styles with a very distinctive sound. In 2006 Valkyrien Allstars was awarded Grappa's Debutant prize and received a recording contract under the direction of Grappa Music Publishing. Their debut album ''Valkyrien Allstars'' was released 1 October 2007 on the label Heilo. The band was nominated for

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2007 in the open class Newcomer of the Year, and the album gained

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status in 2008. On 31 August 2009 they released their second album ''To Måner'', and the third ''Ingen Hverdag'' in 2011, all of which were under the Heilo label.

Band members

;Standard lineup *

Tuva Syvertsen Tuva Livsdatter Syvertsen (born 16 July 1983) is a Norwegians, Norwegian musician (vocals, hardingfele and accordion). She was born in Oslo but grew up at Brønnøya. Syvertsen is known from a number of album releases and cooperations with Hilde ...

(Vocals, Hardingfele, Accordion) *Erik Sollid (Vocals, Hardingfele, Mandolin) ;Additional musicians *Magnus Larsen (Double bass) *Martin Langlie (Drums) ;Former members *Ola Hilmen (Hardingfele)

Honors

Gammleng-prisen The Gammleng Award ( no, Gammleng-prisen) is a Norwegian culture award created by ''The Fund for Performing Artists'' in 1982, 25 years after the fund was established in 1957. The award's official name is the ''Rolf Gammleng award to performing art ...

2012 in the category Traditional folk music

Discography

*2007: ''Valkyrien Allstars'' ( Heilo) *2009: ''To Måner'' (Heilo) *2011: ''Ingen Hverdag'' (Heilo) *2014: ''Farvel Slekt Og Venner'' (Heilo) *2016: ''Prøv å si noe til meg nå) (Heilo) (under the name ''Valkyrien'') *2020: ''Slutte og byne'' (Heilo)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Valkyrien Allstars Spellemannprisen winners Heilo Music artists Norwegian rock music groups Musical groups established in 2003 2003 establishments in Norway Musical groups from Oslo