Bjelleklang
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Bjelleklang is a Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 a cappella
A cappella
A cappella music is specifically solo or group singing without instrumental sound, or a piece intended to be performed in this way. It is the opposite of cantata, which is accompanied singing. A cappella was originally intended to differentiate between Renaissance polyphony and Baroque concertato...

vocal group, formed in 1986, who have released several albums
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...

. The band performs both song with only a cappella and songs with guitar or other unconventional music instruments like stir pans or pots. The repertoire includes songs written by its members and cover songs with Norwegian
Norwegian language
Norwegian is a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Norway, where it is the official language. Together with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regional variants .These Scandinavian languages together with the Faroese language...

 lyrics, often with a humoristic twist.

The first album, Dæng Dæng was released in 1991, they have altogether published eight studio albums and one collection album, all produced Håkon Iversen. Both the debut album and several of the succeeding ones have sold to gold or platina.

The albumet Holiholihooo … released in 1992 is the best-selling album, with more than
70.000 copies sold, whereas the single «Gud! hvor du er deilig» sold 40.000.

Members

  • Finn Evensen (1986-)
  • Per Henrik Gusrud (1999-)
  • Robert Skrolsvik (1986-)
  • Carl Einar Traaen (2002-)
  • Frank Øren (1989-)

Former members

  • Ole Jørgen Holt Hanssen (1986-1999)
  • Jon Haaland (1986-1996)
  • Arvid Rønsen Ruud (1986-1995)
  • Geir Havenstrøm (1986-1987)
  • Ketil Hustad (1987-1990)
  • Øystein Skre (1996-2001)

Discography

  • Dæng Dæng (BMG Ariola, 1991)
  • Holiholihooo … (BMG Ariola, 1992)
  • Ypperu’ Donk (BMG Ariola, 1994)
  • Synger svart (BMG Ariola, 1995)
  • Kort ved øra (BMG Ariola, 1996)
  • Kjære landsmenn (RCA, 1997) samleplate
  • Spis meg rå (BMG Ariola, 1998)
  • Jul med Bjelleklang (Columbia, 1999)
  • Sokker i sandaler (Big Box Music, 2006)
  • Menn, menn, menn (Big Box Music, 2009)
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