Björgvin Halldórsson Explained
Björgvin Halldórsson |
Birth Name: | Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson |
Alias: | Bo Halldórsson |
Birth Date: | 16 April 1951 |
Birth Place: | Hafnarfjörður, Iceland |
Occupation: | Singer |
Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (alternate names: Bo Halldórsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or Bo Hall) (born 16 April 1951) is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song Núna (English: Now), ranked in 15th place with 31 points.
Björgvin performed with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir,[1] amongst others, and released several solo albums.
Björgvin took part in several TV shows.[2]
Life
Björgvin was born on 16 April 1951. His daughter Svala is a pop singer,[2] and was Iceland's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.
Discography
Albums
This is a selective list of albums by Björgvin.[3]
- Þó líði ár og öld (1969)
- Ég syng fyrir þig (1978)
- Jólagestir (1987)
- Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt (1989)
- Jólagestir 2 (1989)
- Yrkjum Ísland (smáskífa) (1994)
- Þó líði ár og öld (1994)
- Núna / If it's gonna end in heartache (1995)
- Núna (1995)
- Jólagestir 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)
- Jólagestir Björgvins í Höllinni 2008 (2008)
- Duet II / Duet II (Deluxe) (2010)
- Gullvagninn (2011)
- Duet 3 (2013) (with Jón Jónsson)
Singles
(Selective)
- "Núna" / "If It's Gonna End in Heartache" (1995)
- "Ást er æði" (2013)
- "Kæri vinur" (duet with Jón Jónsson) (2014)
Further reading
- Gisli Runar Jonsson: Bo & Co, Reykjavík, (2001),
External links
Notes and References
- http://www.tonlist.is/Music/Artist/2611/bjorgvin_halldorsson/?lang=en-US www.tonlist.is Björgvin Halldórsson
- Accessed August 7, 2008
- http://www.tonlist.is/Music/ViewAlbums.aspx?AuthorID=2611 Björgvin Halldórsson » Plötur