Jökull Júlíusson (born 20 March 1990) is an Icelandic singer-songwriter, best known as the lead singer of
Kaleo. He gained national fame for covering the song "''Vor í Vaglaskógi''" with Kaleo in 2013.
Early life
Jökull was born in
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...
and spent his first years there and in
Mosfellsbær
Mosfellsbær (, colloquially Mosó) is a town in south-west Iceland, east of the country's capital, Reykjavík. The coat of arms of the municipality is a tightly-knotted triquetra, a symbol often used in Celtic knotwork and strongly associated ...
. At the age of six, he moved with his family to
Höfn
Höfn () or Höfn í Hornafirði (, ) is an Icelandic fishing town in the southeastern part of the country. It lies near Hornafjörður fjord.
The town, the second largest in the southeastern part of Iceland, offers scenic views of Vatnajökull ...
before moving to
Denmark
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six years later. The family returned to Mosfellsbær in 2004 and he finished his primary school education at Varmárskóli, where he met his future bandmates Davíð Antonsson and Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson. As a child, he learned the piano and taught himself to play the guitar.
An avid
football
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fan, he played for
Sindri Höfn, TRIF and
Afturelding's youth teams until the age of 16.
Musical career
After primary school, he founded the band ''Timburmenn'' along with Davíð Antonsson and Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson which performed mostly covers. In 2009, he participated in
Músíktilraunir
Músíktilraunir () is an annual music competition held in Reykjavík, Iceland.
Winners
* 1982 – Dron
* 1983 – Dúkkulísurnar
* 1984 – ''not held due to Strike action, teachers' strike''
* 1985 – Gipsy
* 1986 – Greifarnir
* 1987 – ...
with the band ''St. Peter the Leader''. In 2012, he founded
Kaleo, along with Davíð, Daníel and Rubin Pollock, ahead of the
Iceland Airwaves
Iceland Airwaves is a music festival held annually in November in Reykjavík, Iceland, since 1999. Its main focus is showcasing new music, both Icelandic and international.
Background
The event is promoted and produced by Iceland Music Export ...
music festival.
In 2014, he won the 2013 Icelandic Audience Award Singer of the Year.
In 2017, he was admitted to hospital due to stress-related illness,
forcing Kaleo to cancel several concerts.
In 2024, he appeared in the Sept. 27th episode of the CBS daytime soap opera, ''
The Bold and the Beautiful
''The Bold and the Beautiful'' (often referred to as ''B&B'') is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. It premiered on March 23, 1987, as a sister show to the Bells' other soap opera ''Th ...
'' playing himself.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Júlíusson, Jökull
1990 births
Living people
21st-century Icelandic artists
21st-century Icelandic male singers
Musicians from Reykjavík
Blues rock musicians