Bjørn Berge
Bjørn Berge (born in Sveio, Norway on 23 September 1968) is a Norwegian guitarist and blues artist.
Bjørn Berge
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- Name
- Bjørn Berge
- Born
- 23 September 1968
- Birthplace
- Sveio Municipality, Norway
- Occupation
- Musician, songwriter
- Nationality
- Norway
- Fields
- blues
- Honours
- Spellemannprisen for blues
- Languages
- Norwegian
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• Name — Bjørn Berge • Born — 23 September 1968 • Birthplace — Sveio Municipality, Norway • Instrument — Guitar, vocals • Genre — Blues • Occupation — Musician, songwriter • Website — bjorn-berge.com
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Bjørn Berge appears in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a guitarist, musician and singer (born 23 September 1968). Bjørn Berge was born on 23 September 1968 in Sveio.
Career
Career
After being named "Best Musician of the Year" by Dagbladet in 1998, In 2001, he won Spellemannprisen for his album Stringmachine and in 2002 for his album Illustrated Man. He also toured all over Europe gaining more popularity, and won the NBFs Bluespros in 2001. In 2014 Berge replaced Torbjørn Økland as guitarist in the Norwegian band Vamp.
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1968
Bjørn Berge born at Haugesund Municipality.
Discography
• Year — Album — Peak positions — Certification • NOR • 2000 — Bag of Nails — 19 • 2001 — Stringmachine — 36 • 2002 — Illustrated Man — 11 • 2004 — St. Slide — 39 • 2006 — We're Gonna Groove — 25 • 2007 — I'm The Antipop — 26 • 2009 — Fretwork — 37 • 2011 — Blackwood — 37 • 2013 — Mad Fingers Ball — 35 • 2019 — Who Else?
VAMP, 2014. From the left: Bjørn Berge (guitars, banjo, backing vocals), Odin Staveland (vocals, keyboards, accordion, drums, percussion), Øyvind Staveland (fiddle, viola, flutes, accordion, backing vocals), Kjetil Dalland (bass, backing vocals), Jan Ingvar Toft (vocals, guitar).
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q879800: Bjørn Berge
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- “Bjørn Berge”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Honors
• 1998: Named "Best Musician of the Year" by Dagbladet • 2001: Spellemannprisen in the category Blues • 2001: NBFs Bluespros • 2002: Spellemannprisen in the category Blues
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Bjørn Berge is recorded as having received Spellemannprisen for blues.
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