Halvdan Sivertsen
Halfdan Sivertsen ( born January 5, 1950 in Tromsø) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He grew up in Bodø and also lives there. He won six times the Spellemannpris, which is something like the Norwegian Grammy in 2000 and got awarded the North Country Cultural Award. Furthermore, he was the children's program Labbetuss ( German about: idiot troll ) known from the NRK television of the 1980s, where he worked as an actor. Even after that he was more common on television. His song Kjærlighetsvisa ( German: love song ) was elected in July 2008 to the North Norwegian summer hit No. 1. Almost a third of the votes SMS votes were cast on the song. The vote was jointly organized by the newspaper Avisa Nordland and Radio 3 Bodø.
2010 Got Sivertsen the award for the best lyrics of Norsk forening for komponister above tekstforfattere ( The Norwegian Association for composers and lyricists ), short NOPA ( Norske Populærautorer ) for Dødsbra dop ( German about: To die for beautiful drug), a song he with the a critical look at their use of the Norwegian Armed Forces in Afghanistan. Even otherwise Sivertsen has been politically active for a long time. He won a seat in the Kommunestyre -og Fylkestingsvalg (about: municipal and provincial parliamentary elections ) in 1987 for the Bodo Sosialistisk Venstreparti (Socialist Left Party Bodø), although he was only ranked 43 in the list.
Discography
Solo
- Halfdan 23 1/3 år (1973 )
- Utsikt minus innsikt gir tilnærmet blindhet fra av topped pyramids (1975 )
- Nordaførr (1979)
- Liv laga (1981 )
- America ( 1985)
- Ny og naken (1987 )
- Forr egg lady (1989 )
- Hilsen Halfdan (1991 )
- Kjærlighetslandet (1994)
- Helt Halfdan (1996 )
- Tvil Hap above kjærlighet (2001)
- Frelsesearmeens Juleplate (2003)
- 40 ( 2005)
- Mellom oss (2008)
- Gjør det så gjerne (2012 )
With the Gitarkameratene
- Gitarkameratene (1989)
- Typisk norsk (1990 )