Björgvin Halldórsson

Björgvin Halldórsson

Infobox musical artist
Name = Björgvin Halldórsson


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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson
Alias = Bo Halldorsson
Born = April 16 1951
Origin = Iceland
Occupation = Singer
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Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (Alternate names:Bó Halldorsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or ) (born April 16, 1951) is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song "Núna" (English: Now), ranked 15th place with 31 points.

Björgvin performed amongst others with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir [ [http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Artist/2611/bjorgvin_halldorsson/?lang=en-US www.tonlist.is Björgvin Halldórsson] is icon Accessed August 6 2008] and released several solo albums.

He took part in several TV shows. [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356335/ Björgvin Halldórsson at imdb] www.imdb.com Accessed August 7 2008]


=Life= Björgvin Halldórsson was born on April 16, 1951. His daughter Svala is a pop singer.

Discography

This is a list of albums by Björgvin. [ [http://www.tonlist.is/Music/ViewAlbums.aspx?AuthorID=2611 Björgvin Halldórsson » Plötur] www.tonlist.is is icon Accessed August 6 2008]

* "Þó líði ár og öld" (1969)
* "Ég syng fyrir þig" (1978)
* "Jólagestir" (1988)
* "Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt" (1989)
* "Yrkjum Ísland (smáskífa)" (1994)
* "Þó líði ár og öld" (1994)
* "Núna" / If it's gonna end in heartache (1995)
* "Núna" (1995)
* "Jólagestir Björgvins 3" (1995)
* "Alla leið heim" (1997)
* "Bestu jólalög Björgvins" (1999)
* "Um jólin" (2000)
* "Á hverju kvöldi" (2000)
* "Eftirlýstur" (2001)
* "Ég tala um þig" (2002)
* "Brúðarskórnir" (2003)
* "Duet" (2003)
* "Manstu það (smáskífa)" (2005)
* "Ár og öld" (2005)
* "Björgvin ásamt Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands & gestum" (2006)
* "Björgvin" (2006)
* "Jólagestir 4" (2007)

References

Further reading

* Gisli Runar Jonsson: Bo & Co, Reykjavik, (2001), ISBN 9789979104339 is icon

External links

* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356335/ Björgvin Halldórsson at imdb.com]
* [http://www.radio700.eu/podcasts/startreff/71658.mp3 Interview on the German radiostation "Radio 700"] April 2007 de icon partly
* [http://www.radio700.eu/podcasts/startreff/71630.mp3 Interview on the German radiostation "Radio 700"] Winter 2007 de icon partly
* [http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Artist/2611/bjorgvin_halldorsson/?&lang=en-US www.tonlist.com, biography of Björgvin Halldórsson]


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