Bjørn Berge (born in Sveio, Norway on 23 September 1968) is a Norwegian guitarist and
blues artist.
Career
After being named "Best Musician of the Year" by ''
Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspa ...
'' in 1998, In 2001, he won
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 ...
for his album ''Stringmachine'' and in 2002 for his album ''Illustrated Man''. He also toured all over Europe gaining more popularity, and won the ''NBFs Bluespros'' in 2001. In 2014 Berge replaced
Torbjørn Økland as guitarist in the Norwegian band
Vamp.
Honors
*1998: Named "Best Musician of the Year" by Dagbladet
''Dagbladet'' (lit.: ''The Daily Magazine'') is one of Norway's largest newspapers and is published in the tabloid format. It has 1,400,000 daily readers on mobile, web and paper. Traditionally ''Dagbladet'' is considered the main liberal newspa ...
*2001: 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 the category Blues
*2001: NBFs Bluespros
*2002: 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 the category Blues
Discography
References
External links
Official website
Bjorn Berge - Hush
on YouTube
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Spellemannprisen winners
Grappa Music artists
Norwegian musicians
Musicians from Sveio
1968 births
Living people