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Jan Arvid Johansen
10+ albums
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Jan Arvid Johansen (Havøysund, Norway, 18 June 1947 – 7 October 2017) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was a graduate of the Nordnorsk Musikkonservatorium (1976–79). Johansen recorded with such groups as Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk (1973) and Nordnorsk Visegruppe (1975–1980) and he worked at the Hålogaland Teater (1979–1981) and with the performing group Tramteateret (1985). He worked with the lyricist Helge Stangnes, and such artists as Sverre Kjelsberg, Trygve Hoff, and Tove Karoline Knutsen, played Irish music in the group "Rebels", been a part of Forente Artister's "Sammen for Livet" (1985) and "Visehjelp til Nordvest-Russland" (1998). He made many records with the group Boknakaran. His solo album, Tonen & Kjærligheten, was released in 2005; the song "Tiriltunge-tid" reached number one on the Norsktoppen. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
