Alvdal is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Østerdalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Alvdal. The municipality is south of Tynset, north and west of Rendalen, north of Stor-Elvdal and east of Folldal.
Marion Elise Ravn, better known abroad as Marion Raven, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. Raven formed the pop duo M2M with Marit Larsen, though they ceased performing together in 2002. Raven was later signed as a solo artist by Atlantic Records with the release of her solo debut album, Here I Am in 2005. In 2006, Raven was signed to the indie record label, Eleven Seven, and in 2007 re-released the songs on her debut album along with a few new songs on an album titled Set Me Free. In 2012, Raven began production of her second album, Songs from a Blackbird, which was released in Norway on 8 April 2013.
Agnetha Fältskog is the debut studio album by Swedish pop singer and future ABBA member Agnetha Fältskog. It was released in Sweden in early 1968 through Cupol Records.
Ann-Kristin "Kikki" Danielsson is a Swedish country, dansband and pop singer. Sometimes, she also plays the accordion and she has also written some lyrics. She is also famous for yodeling in some songs. Danielsson gained her largest popularity in the Nordic region from the late 1970s until the late 1990s. She also gained popularity at the US country stage during the 1980s. In 1986, she had the "Kikki i Nashville" TV show.
Anna Charlotte "Lotta" Engberg is a Swedish pop singer and later in life a successful television host, notably with music show Lotta på Liseberg and the game show Bingolotto.
Dansband, or danseband in Norwegian and Danish, is a Swedish term for a band that plays dansbandsmusik. Dansbandsmusik is often danced to in pairs. Jitterbug and foxtrot music are often included in this category. The music is primarily inspired by swing, schlager, country, jazz, and rock. The main influence for rock-oriented bands is the rock music of the 1950s and 1960s.
Olav Stedje is a Norwegian singer-songwriter, known for a number of soft rock recordings, six silver albums and three attempts in Melodi Grand Prix.
Anne Holt is a Norwegian author, lawyer and former Minister of Justice.
Julie Anne Peñaflorida San Jose is a Filipino singer, songwriter, recording artist, actress, television personality, and product endorser. She is the youngest recipient of the Diamond Record Award from the Philippine Association of the Record Industry for her album Julie Anne San Jose, which sold more than 150,000 copies in the Philippines. Her second album, Deeper, yielded a Triple Platinum Award for exceeding 45,000 sales in the Philippines.
Thunderbolt is a Norwegian heavy metal band.
Lars Martin Myhre is a Norwegian composer, guitarist, pianist, singer and producer residing in Sandefjord. He is best known for his collaboration with Odd Børretzen, but has for more than 30 years been involved in the musical life of Norway and has released a dozen albums, participated in or produced albums for other artists and composed film music, musicals and theater music. He has visited a variety of music genres such as jazz, show and classical music.
Jorun Marie Rypdal Kvernberg is a Norwegian traditional musician and composer, known from a series of recordings. She is the daughter of traditional musicians Liv Rypdal Kvernberg and Torbjørn Kvernberg, and the sister of classical musician Kari Kvernberg Dajani and jazz violinist Ola Kvernberg, and granddaughter of the fiddler and traditional music composer Peter L. Rypdal.
Eva & The Heartmaker is a Norwegian musical duo made up of Eva Weel Skram and her husband Thomas Stenersen, with Eva on main vocals. They have released four studio albums and a number of charting singles in the dance genre.
Mona Gustafsson, born 9 August 1956 in Halmstad, Sweden, is a Swedish singer, songwriter, guitarist.
Schytts is a Swedish dansband, established in 1962 as Public Killers before changing their name the upcoming year. The name Schytts was taken from their founding drummer Yngve Schytt. Their major breakthrough came in 1973, with the song "Aj, aj, aj", which appeared on their debut studio album Hålligång 1, released the same year.
"En timme för sent" is a song written by Lasse Holm, and recorded by Kikki Danielsson in 1986 on the album Papaya Coconut. The song was tested for Svensktoppen, where it stayed for totally nine weeks between 30 November 1986-1 February 1987, and peaking at number three.
Kindbergs is a Swedish dansband. The band was originally known when it was founded in 1986 as Sten-Åkes Jr.. The name was changed to Kindbergs in 1989. The band played various genres but later on started playing country music almost exclusively. The long-time bassist member Kent Kindberg left the band after two decades of playing and was replaced by Ola Jonsson earlier bass player in another Swedish dansband called Svänzons.
"Två mörka ögon" is a song by the Swedish dansband Sven-Ingvars, written by musician Bert Månson. It was a hit on Svensktoppen for 71 weeks between 24 November 1991-6 June 1993 which included topping the chart, as well as appearing on the 1991 Sven-Ingvars album med samma namn
Texas is a 2010 Lasse Stefanz studio album. For the fourth year in a row, the band topped the Swedish albums chart. For the album, the band was also awarded a Grammis Award in the "Dansband of the Year" category.
Vagabond is a studio album by Lasse Stefanz released on 26 June 2007. The album was awarded a Guldklaven Award in the "Album of the Year" category during the Swedish Dansband Week in Malung.
