Øyonn Groven Myhren

Øyonn Groven Myhren
Øyonn Groven Myhren
	Øyonn Groven Myhren (2019)
Background information
Born	8 August 1969 (age 55)
Origin	Oslo, Norway
Genres	Traditional folk music, ; Medieval music
Instrument(s)	Vocals, flute and lyre
Years active	1995–present
Labels	Heilo, Grappa

Øyonn Groven Myhren (born 8 August 1969 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk musician and kveder.^[1]

Biography

Groven Myhren is considered among our foremost traditional folk musicians,^[2] and has a series of first prizes from the traditional Norwegian music competition Landskappleiken. In 1997 she was awarded the Sagaprisen for her kveding. She also plays the lyre and seljefløyte (willow flute). In addition to Norwegian folk music, she has worked extensively with mediaeval music, including through the band Aurora Borealis. She released the album «Nivelkinn» (2001) in collaboration with Odd Nordstoga, and with lyrics by Aslaug Vaa, awarded Spellemannprisen 2002 in the Traditional folk music/gammaldans (folk dance) class. Groven Myhren has also worked as an actor at Det Norske Teatret, Riksteatret and Hordaland Theatre.

Groven Myhren is the daughter of the kveder and literature researcher Dagne Groven Myhren and the Spellemann and linguist Magne Myhren. She is the granddaughter of Eivind Groven.

Discography

Solo albums

2003: Akkedoria frå Kristiania (Etnisk Musikklubb)
2008: Grisila og Gullveven (Etnisk Musikklubb)

Collaborations

With Dvergmål

1996: Visor og Kvæde frå Blåberglandet (Grappa GRCD 2141)
2004: Song i Himmelsalar (Heilo HCD 7192)

With Aurora Borealis

1997: Harpa (Grappa GRCD4132) 1997

With Eilert Hægeland and Alf Tveit

1998: I Jolo (Jul På Gamlemåten) (Heilo HCD 7146)

With Odd Nordstoga

2002: Nivelkinn (Heilo HCD 7182)

With Kvarts, Berit Opheim, and Birger Mistereggen

2004: Skal, Skal Ikkje (Kvarts KVARTS 003)

With Lars Henrik Johansen

2015: Paa Jorden Fred Og Glæde - (Beloved Christmas Hymns Of 18th-Century Norway) (Etnisk Musikklubb)

With Anne Hytta

2017: Sogesong (Heilo HCD 7319)

References

^ Mjør, Kåre Johan (2011-09-16). "Øyonn Groven Myhren" (in Norwegian). Allkunne. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
^ "Soge Song, Anne Hytta og Øyonn Groven Myhren" (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 2017-10-26.

External links

Øyonn Groven Myhren biography at Store Norske Leksikon by Kjell Bitustøyl (June 16, 2015)

Awards
Preceded by Per Sæmund Bjørkum	Recipient of the Traditional folk music Spellemannprisen 2002	Succeeded by Majorstuen

[allkunne-1] Mjør, Kåre Johan (2011-09-16). "Øyonn Groven Myhren" (in Norwegian). Allkunne. Retrieved 2017-10-26.

[oa-2] "Soge Song, Anne Hytta og Øyonn Groven Myhren" (in Norwegian). Oppland Arbeiderblad. Retrieved 2017-10-26.

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