Jan Elgarøy is a Norwegian organist and composer.

He was born in Moss

Moss, Norway

is a coastal city and a municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Moss. The city of Moss was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

, and was a brother of astronomer Øystein Elgarøy

Øystein Elgarøy

Øystein Elgarøy was a Norwegian astronomer, with a specialty in solar radio astronomy.-Career:He was appointed as a lecturer of astrophysics at the University of Oslo, located in Oslo, Norway, in 1968, and was a professor from 1983....

. His instrument is the organ

Organ (music)

The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...

, and he graduated from the Music Conservatory of Oslo in 1950. He also studied in several European countries. He spent his professional career as the organist of Lambertseter

Lambertseter

Lambertseter is a suburb of the city of Oslo, Norway, and is part of the borough of Nordstrand.Lambertseter was built over a short period starting from 1951, and was the very first modern suburb of Oslo...

church from 1960 to 1992, and composed several pieces.