Einar Selvik

• Name — Einar Selvik • Alias — Kvitrafn • Born — 18 November 1979 • Birthplace — Osterøy Municipality, Norway • Instrument — * Vocals • guitar • bass • keyboards • drums • kravik lyre • bukkehorn • talharpa • Genre — * Nordic folk • ambient • black metal • heavy metal • thrash metal • folk metal • Occupation — * Musician • composer • Years Active — 1995–present • Label — By Norse Music • Current Member Of — * Wardruna • Past Member Of — * Gorgoroth • Jotunspor • Sahg • Dead to this World • Associated Acts — Det Hedenske Folk, Mortify, Bak de Syv Fjell, Gorgoroth, Wardruna, Jotunspor, Sahg, Dead to this World, Faun (band), Kaunan, Skuggsjá • Website — https: www.facebook.com/einar.selvik

On 1 March 2016, A Piece for Mind & Mirror by Skuggsjá, a collaboration between Selvik and Enslaved's Ivar Bjørnson, was announced and streamed. Commissioned by the Norwegian government for the 200th anniversary of the Norwegian Constitution, the album tells the history of Norway, and was released by Season of Mist on 11 March. Selvik has also recorded with other projects including Det Hedenske Folk, Bak de Syv Fjell, Jotunspor, Sahg, Dead to this World and Faun. He worked on the soundtrack for Assassin's Creed Valhalla and collaborated with Riot Games for the theme song of Volibear, a League of Legends character.

Einar Selvik was born and grew up on Osterøy Municipality, a large inland island near Bergen on the west coast of Norway. He became interested in pre-Christian viking culture in his early adolescence after discovering an old book on runes. Selvik worked as a kindergarten assistant prior to Wardruna's breakthrough. Selvik is an adherent of modern Paganism characterized by animism. In a 2017 interview with Morgenbladet, he talked about his worldview: "I am a strong supporter of individual responsibility. No one died for my sins. This is a slightly pagan body of thought: the gods help those who help themselves. It mirrors that you are your own god, that it is your responsibility how you behave, what you contribute in this world".

• Twilight of the Idols (2003) • Black Mass Krakow 2004 (2008)

• Runaljod - Gap Var Ginnunga (2009) • Runaljod - Yggdrasil (2013) • Runaljod - Ragnarok (2016) • Skald (2018) • Kvitravn (2021) • Birna (2025)

• Gleipnirs Smeder (2006)

• I (2006)

• First Strike for Spiritual Renewance (2007)

• Assassin's Creed Valhalla: Out of the North (2020) • Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Ravens Saga (2020) • Assassin's Creed Valhalla: The Weft of Spears (2020)

• Skuggsjá (2016) • Hugsjá (2018) • Hardanger (2021) (Single)

• Snake Pit Poetry (2017) • Volibear, The Relentless Storm (2020) (Single)

He also worked under the name Kvitrafn. The authorities additionally record the heading Kvitrafn. His recorded language was Norwegian.