Music of Norway

Folk music from Norway is usually in minor or modal, making a sober and haunting sound, though major key dance music forms also exist.

Some types of music developed in Norway

• fiddle music (Hardingfeleverket[?], Feleverket[?]) - Norway has a distinctive type of fiddle called the Hardanger
• wind music[?][1] (http://www.wasbe.org/en/resources/norway1.html) (Ole Olsen[?], Oscar Borg[?], Alfred Evensen[?], Adolf Hansen[?] and Johannes Hansen[?])
• Norwegian death metal

The most famous Norwegian classical composer is Edvard Grieg. The 20th century composer Geirr Tveitt[?] incorporated folk music elements into his work.

Some music artists or groups from Norway:

• Röyksopp[?]
• a-ha
• Lene Marlin[?]
• Jaga Jazzist[?]
• Sondre Lerche[?]
• St. Thomas[?]
• Biosphere[?]
• Ralph Myerz and the Jack Herren Band[?]
• Thulsa Doom[?]
• Kaizers Orchestra
• Kings of Convenience[?]
• Madrugada[?]
• Xploding Plastix[?]
• Ephemera[?]
• Zeromancer[?]
• Jan Garbarek[?]
• Ugress[?]
• Gluecifer[?]
• The Jessica Fletchers[?]
• Turbonegro[?]
• Terje Rypdal[?]
• Nils Petter Molvær[?]
• Bugge Wesseltoft[?]
• Sidsel Endresen[?]
• Arild Andersen[?]

Today Norway's main musical export is black metal, mainly:

• Satyricon
• Dimmu Borgir
• Emperor
• Mayhem[?]
• Kovenant[?]

Norwegian music has generally been appearing on the international scene after year 2000, initally a breakthrough by Norwegian jazz and black metal artists, then followed by electronica and pop artists. The Rune Grammofon[?] record label has gained some renown for releasing experimental Nowegian music.

See also: Norwegian Wood Festival[?]

External links

• Norwegian pop music - article from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032091-991364/index-dok000-b-n-a.html)
• The History of Music in Norway - article from the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (http://www.odin.dep.no/odin/engelsk/norway/history/032005-990475/index-dok000-b-n-a.html)