Christine Sandtorv

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Christine Sandtorv at Parkteatret, 2016.

Christine Sandtorv (born 1976) is an artist from Bergen, Norway. She has won five Spellemann Awards, three of them as a solo artist.

Career[edit]

Sandtorv started the music group Ephemera in 1994 together with Inger-Lise Størksen and Jannicke Larsen. All members handled vocals, guitar and songwriting, and Sandtorv and Larsen also handled keyboards. The group won two Spellemann Awards.[1]

Sandtorv made her debut as a solo artist in 2006 with the album First Last Dance. She then made a series of children's albums called Stjerneteller, which consisted of the standalone albums Godnattsanger (2009), Gullamanter (2012), Dinomaur (2014), Klokvarm (2016) and Automagisk (2021).[1][2][3] Three of the albums earned her further Spellemann Awards in the children's music category, first in 2012, then in 2014 and again in 2021.[4]

Sandtorv also released several singer-songwriter albums; I Mellom Skyer (2017), Hei menneske (2020) and Lyden av et år (2022).[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Ephemera". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  2. ^ Solvang, Olav (17 April 2021). "Christine Sandtorv lager kvalitetspop for hele familien". Vårt Land (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Hun er blitt en markant skikkelse innen norsk barnemusikk". Bergens Tidende (in Norwegian). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Spellemannprisen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Retrieved 21 January 2024.