Halvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer. He was born in Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

, but raised and currently lives in Bodø

Bodø

is a city and a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the Salten region.The city of Bodø was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 . Bodin was merged with Bodø on 1 January 1968. Skjerstad was merged with Bodø on 1 January 2005...

. He has won Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen

Spellemannprisen is an award presented to Norwegian musicians for their contributions.-Operation:The award was established on the initiative of International Federation of the Phonographic Industry , an organization that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide...

 awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene

Gitarkameratene

Gitarkameratene is the name of a group of well-known Norwegian recording artists when they tour together. The group includes Lillebjørn Nilsen, Halvdan Sivertsen, Jan Eggum and Øystein Sunde...

, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000. His album Kjærlighetslandet reached number eight on the Norway albums chart.

The Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists

Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists

NOPA, the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists is a trade union for creators of music and song lyrics in Norway.It was created in 1937 as Norske populærautorer. The name has later been changed to NOPA – Norsk forening for komponister og tekstforfattere. It is a daughter organization...

 has awarded him the "text of the year"-prize in 2010 and an accompanying grant totalling 25 000 Norwegian kroner, for his song Dødsbra dop — a criticism of Norwegian soldiers' behaviour in Afghanistan, and Norwegian politicians.

Discography

• Halvdan 23 1/2 år (1973)
• Utsikt minus innsikt gir tilnærmet blindhet fra toppen av pyramiden (1975)
• Nordaførr (1979)
• Liv laga (1981)
• Amerika (1985)
• Ny og naken (1987)
• "Førr ei dame" (1989)
• Hilsen Halvdan (1991)
• Kjærlighetslandet (1995)
• Helt Halvdan (1996)
• Tvil, håp og kjærlighet (2001)
• Frelsesearmeens Juleplate (2003)
• 40+ (2005)