Ingólfur Þórarinsson (born 31 May 1986), commonly known as Ingó Veðurguð (''Ingó the Weather God''), is an

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ic singer and songwriter and a former

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. He plays with the band

Ingó og Veðurguðirnir Ingó og Veðurguðirnir (in English Ingó and the Weathergods) is an Icelandic musical formation made up of Ingó (full name Ingólfur Þórarinsson) as main vocalist and acoustic guitar player with Maggi (guitar), Eyþór (bass) and Óskar (dru ...

, best known for the 2008 hit song "

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" and the 2009 song "Gestalistinn".

Football career

Club career

Ingólfur started his career with local club

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before signing with

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in September 2003. Things didn't work out in Sweden and he came back to

in March 2004. In February 2005 Ingólfur signed with Fram after attracting interest from clubs like

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, ÍBV and Valur. Ingólfur only played 8 games for Fram and signed again for

in January 2007. Ingólfur was part of the

team who gained promotion to the top-tier Úrvalsdeild karla for the first time in the club's history in 2009. In January 2011 Ingólfur signed for Víkingur but only managed to play 2 games there before signing once again with

in August later that year. In October 2013 Ingólfur was appointed as a

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for the 2014 season who then played in

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after getting relegated from 2. deild karla in 2013.

only managed to win 2 games and got relegated to 4. deild karla.

International career

Ingólfur played 4 games for Iceland U16, 2 games for Iceland U17 and 3 games for Iceland U19.

Honours

* 2. deild karla ** ''Runner-up (1):'' 2007 * 1. deild karla ** ''Winners (1):'' 2009 ** ''Runner-up (1):'' 2011 *

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** ''Runner-up (1):'' 2002

Musical career

Idol

Ingólfur competed in the third season of the Icelandic Idol in 2005 finishing in 6th place. At that time he played for Fram and that was part of the reason he only managed to play 8 games for Fram.

Ingó og Veðurguðirnir

In 2008 Ingólfur made up a musical formation called

. Ingó og Veðurguðirnir are best known for their hit "

". The song stayed at the top of Tónlist, the official Icelandic Singles Chart for 9 consecutive weeks in 2008. Another hit for Ingó og Veðurguðirnir called "Gestalistinn" stayed for 9 weeks at the top of Tónlist charts.

Solo career

Ingólfur took part in Söngvakeppni sjónvarpsins in 2009, the 2009 Icelandic selection for

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with "Undir regnbogann". He reached the finals but finished second behind " Is It True?" by

Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir Jóhanna Guðrún Jónsdóttir (born 16 October 1990), known outside Iceland as Yohanna, is an Icelandic singer. Beginning her music career as a child singer, Yohanna received international recognition after representing Iceland in the Eurovis ...

. In 2011 Ingólfur released his first solo album called "Ingó" which includes the

hit "Argentín" as a bonus track. Since then Ingólfur has released couple if hits including "Suðurlandsins eina von", "Sumargleðin", "Valli Reynis", "Gestalistin 2.0", "Kenya" and "Í kvöld er gigg".

Personal life

Ingólfur's brother is the

ic footballer

Guðmundur Þórarinsson Guðmundur "Gudi" Þórarinsson (born 15 April 1992) is an Icelandic professional footballer who plays as a left-back or left-midfielder for Armenian Premier League club FC Noah. He is also a well known singer in his homeland Iceland. Club ca ...

who plays for

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in the

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Controversy

From 2013, Ingólfur had been leading the brekkusöngur sing-along at

Þjóðhátíð Þjóðhátíð (, "National Festival") is an annual outdoor festival held in Vestmannaeyjar island, Iceland, on the weekend before the first Monday in August. Locals and guests gather in Herjólfsdalur valley on the island of Heimaey for four d ...

in Vestmannaeyjar and was slated to return in 2021. After a wave of allegations of sexual harassment and assault, backed up by a long line of stories of inappropriate behavior, particularly towards underage girls, the organising committee cancelled his appearance.

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Thorarinsson, Ingolfur 1986 births Living people Ingolfur Thorarinsson Ingolfur Thorarinsson Men's association football midfielders Ingolfur Thorarinsson Ingolfur Thorarinsson Ingolfur Thorarinsson Ingolfur Thorarinsson Ingolfur Thorarinsson 21st-century Icelandic sportsmen