19 Facts About Odd Nordstoga

Odd Nordstoga was born on 10 December 1972 and is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway.

Odd Nordstoga's mother, Ellen Bojer Nordstoga is a folk singer.

Odd Nordstoga's father, Olav Nordstoga is a folk singer, former politician and the chairman of the Vinje Literary Days.

Odd Nordstoga made his debut as a recording artist in 1997 with the band Something Odd and their self-titled debut.

In 2000, Odd Nordstoga changed the name of Something Odd to simply Nordstoga, signed to the Norwegian label Grappa and released a more pop music oriented self-titled album.

Odd Nordstoga won Norway's prestigious Edvardprisen Award for "Bie pa Deg".

Odd Nordstoga was involved in a book release in 2002, namely the song book Song for deg og meg which he edited, consisting of children songs written in Nynorsk, one of Norway's two written standards.

Odd Nordstoga had previously worked with Krakevik in the film Det Rare, based on a short story by famous Norwegian writer Tarjei Vesaas.

In 2004, Odd Nordstoga signed for Universal Records and made his definitive breakthrough with the album Luring, selling 150.000 copies and spending 14 weeks on top of the Norwegian album charts.

At the Spellemannprisen Awards in February 2005, Odd Nordstoga won two awards as he was named best male artist and Spellemann of the Year.

In June 2005, Odd Nordstoga teamed up with some of Norway's finest jazz musicians and performed the piece "Pilegrim" to great acclaim at Festspillene i Bergen.

Odd Nordstoga has done projects for 'The Salvation Army' and folk music projects with different people, amongst other things, renditions of the famous Telemark piece "Storegut" with brother Aasmund and Lars Underdal, and guest appearances with the band Fake It or Leave It who play Beatles songs Norwegian folk music style.

Odd Nordstoga released the songbook Songfuggel i Karmen in 2007, containing his greatest hits and his personal favourites.

Odd Nordstoga, having played Papageno in the piece in the spring of 2006, withdrew from the plans to show the stage adaptation on NRK TV during Christmas 2006.

Odd Nordstoga has collaborated with leading Norwegian artists and musicians from a wide variety of genres including folk music, jazz, electronica, chanson, hip hop, rock, classical music and pop.

Odd Nordstoga speaks the dialect privately and in the media.

Odd Nordstoga was awarded the Telemark County Travel Industry Award for 2010 for using his dialect to promote the county of Telemark in a positive way.

Odd Nordstoga has appeared in, amongst others, these TV shows.

Odd Nordstoga has appeared in, amongst others, these radio shows.