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Kari Bremnes

Person · female · Norway · Svolvær · born 1956 · recording since 1980

Norwegian recording artist; singer, songwriter

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Debut: 1980
Recording span: 44 years
Release groups: 22
Awards: 16
Timeline events: 35
Wiki language versions: 16

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Timeline

35 events▣ Album 17✦ Award 16◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1950s
1. 9 December 1956 · Birth
  Born 1956-12-09
  source: wikidata
1980s
1. 1980 · Debut release
  Debut release: Folk i husan
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1980 · Album
  Album: Folk i husan
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1985 · Album
  Album: Mit navn er Petter Dass, som boer ved verdens ende
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1987 · Album
  Album: Mitt ville hjerte
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1987 · Album
  Album: Blå krukke
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1987 · Award
  Won: Spelleman Folk music Award
  source: wikidata
1990s
1. 1990 · Award
  Won: Gammleng Award
  source: wikidata
2. 1991 · Album
  Album: Spor
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1991 · Award
  Won: Spelleman Folk music Award
  source: wikidata
4. 1993 · Album
  Album: Løsrivelse
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1994 · Album
  Album: Gåte ved gåte
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1995 · Award
  Won: NOPA's text and music award
  source: wikidata
7. 1997 · Album
  Album: Månestein
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1997 · Award
  Won: Nordland fylkes kulturpris
  source: wikidata
9. 1998 · Album
  Album: Svarta bjørn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 1998 · Award
  Won: Prøysenprisen
  source: wikidata
11. 1998 · Award
  Won: Telenor Culture Award
  source: wikidata
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Norwegian Mood
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2000 · Award
  Won: Spelleman Folk music Award
  source: wikidata
3. 2001 · Album
  Album: Decemberbarn
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2002 · Album
  Album: 11 ubesvarte anrop
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2003 · Album
  Album: You'd Have to Be Here
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 29 August 2005 · Album
  Album: Over en by
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 19 January 2009 · Album
  Album: Ly
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Award
  Won: Q131674106
  source: wikidata
2. 14 September 2012 · Album
  Album: Og så kom resten av livet
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2013 · Award
  Won: Lyricist Fund Award
  source: wikidata
4. 2016 · Award
  Won: Vidar Sandbecks kulturpris
  source: wikidata
5. 8 September 2017 · Album
  Album: Det vi har
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2018 · Award
  Won: Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize
  source: wikidata
7. 2018 · Award
  Won: Q12001076
  source: wikidata
8. 2018 · Award
  Honoured: Rockheim Hall of Fame
  source: wikidata
9. 2019 · Award
  Won: Q12717714
  source: wikidata
10. 2019 · Award
  Won: Q54875344
  source: wikidata

Biography

English biography326 words · 4 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1321295582

Biography

Kari Bremnes (born 9 December 1956) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.
She got an MA in language, literature, history and theatre studies from the University of Oslo, and worked as a journalist for several years before deciding to dedicate herself to music full-time.
In 1987 she received the Spellemann Award (Spellemannprisen) for the record Mitt ville hjerte, and in 1991 for the record Spor. With her two brothers, Lars Bremnes and Ola Bremnes, she received the prize for the record Soløye in 2001.
She was also deputy board chairman of the Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists.

Solo

Mitt ville hjerte (My wild heart, 1987)
Blå krukke (Blue jug, 1989)
Spor (Trace, 1991)
Gåte ved Gåte (Riddle beside another riddle, 1994)
Erindring (Memory, 1995)
Månestein (Moon stone, 1997)
Svarta Bjørn (Black bear, 1998)
Norwegian Mood (2000)
11 ubesvarte anrop (11 unanswered calls, 2002)
You'd Have To Be Here (English version of 11 ubesvarte anrop, 2003)
Over en by (Over a town, 2005)
Kari Bremnes live (Reise) (Kari Bremnes live (Journey), 2007)
Ly (Shelter, 2009)
Fantastik Allerede (Fantastic Already, 2010)
Og så kom resten av livet (And then the rest of your life. 2012)
Det Vi Har (What we have. 2017)

With others

Tid å hausta inn (1983, new edition 2001) with Lars Klevstrand.
Salmer på veien hjem (Psalms on the way home, 1991) with Ole Paus and Mari Boine Persen.
Ord fra en fjord (Word from a fjord, 1992) with Ola og Lars Bremnes.
Folk i husan (People in the houses, 1993) with Ola Bremnes and Arne Bendiksen Records.
Cohen på norsk (Cohen in Norwegian, 1993) with various artists.
Løsrivelse (Breakaway, 1993) with Ketil Bjørnstad.
The Man From God Knows Where (1999) with, among others Tom Russell.
Soløye (Sun eye, 2000) with Ola and Lars Bremnes.
Desemberbarn (December child, 2001) with Rikard Wolff.
Voggesanger fra ondskapens akse (Lullabies from the Axis of Evil) (2003) with Eva Dahlgren and Anisette Koppel.

Also appears on

Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia, 2011 (Nascente/Demon Music Group)

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.

Normalised profile metrics with percentile rank
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	16	74.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	22	87.8th
Studio albums	17	95.5th
Awards recorded	16	99.3th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	44	84.8th
Genres	6	91th

Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.

Discography (22 release groups · 17 studio albums)

Albums · 17

Folk i husan
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 28:37
A1Bruksnr. 33:34
A2Regn1:37
A3Åresang1:45
A4Feskaren og vårherre2:12
A5Det nynn en banlåt1:53
A6Vise i støa1:20
A77.de august2:19
B1Mølja1:50
B2Visa i graset1:25
B3Se hvilken herlig sommerdag2:05
B4Joikende vind1:25
B5Svarta bjørn3:38
B6En ny sang om lofotfiskeriet3:34
Mit navn er Petter Dass, som boer ved verdens ende
1985 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks
A1Hr. Petters ouvertyre
A2Mommons regimente og Plutonis herredømme
A3Visen om Harald og hans sønner
A4Dagen viker
A5En morgen sang
A6Fra "Nordlands trompet"
A7Visen om Guds bud
B1Jeftas løfte
B2Brudlops digt til Rasmus Angell
B3Om æktefolks embede
B4Petters jækteforlis
B5Andet plaster til den brendte Bergens saar
B6Petter Dasses klagesang udi hans 6 aars langvarige sygdom
B7Lovsang
Mitt ville hjerte
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 33:03
1Mit hjerte hamrer og hamrer3:19
2Heksen2:23
3Det sandeste3:08
4Høst1:39
5Barndommens gade3:15
6Erindring3:05
7De evige tre2:49
8Sommernat2:48
9Vor alder2:41
10Børnene2:53
11En mands kjærlighet2:03
12Vuggevise3:00
Blå krukke
1987 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 38:11
1Eventyr3:10
2Dagen3:55
3Møte3:26
4Barn av blå krukke2:57
5Mørke midt på dagen5:30
6Så hadde du et rom2:35
7Og ute er det sol3:48
8Din barndoms brune båt4:44
9Hurtigrute4:14
10Reise3:52
Spor
1991 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:37
1Berg og båre4:05
2Københavnerkneipe5:09
3Følg mæ hjem3:34
4Montreal5:52
5Birds4:15
6Sang til byen6:02
7Skjønnhet kommer utenfra2:47
8Orkester4:18
9Øyeblikket3:09
10I uro3:27
11Spor3:59
Løsrivelse
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:05:13
1Månens kraft5:54
2Dine øine3:37
3Søvngjengersken3:42
4Syk pike4:53
5Skrik6:07
6Madonna5:24
7Tiltrekning4:45
8Aske5:51
9Møte i verdensrommet3:26
10Scene i skogen2:39
11To mennesker3:50
12Sjalusi2:53
13Løsrivelse3:01
14Melankoli5:43
15Angst3:28
Gåte ved gåte
1994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 41:33
1En elsker i Berlin3:58
2Fiola3:10
3Gåte ved gåte5:34
4I dine skap3:35
5En bar i Tanger5:00
6Togsang3:08
7Lysbroen3:53
8De halve setningers gudinner4:20
9Livet som blei borte3:37
10En rød for alt det søte5:18
Månestein
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 44:12
1Du har sett dem3:42
2Englevaktsted3:52
3I mai3:42
4Skjulemester4:07
5Usynlig4:07
6Rose4:18
7Månestein4:40
8Ei tid for alt4:08
9Formiddag i Portobello4:22
10At nåkka ska forandre sæ3:27
11Sang til en mann3:47
Svarta bjørn
1998 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 40:45
1Sangen om fyret ved Tornehamn4:38
2Sangen om møtet med fjellet4:59
3Sangen om kordan damen skal være3:52
4Sangen om kokkene ved Ofotbanen3:10
5Byssan lull5:18
6Sangen om halstørkleet som va gjenglemt3:02
7Sangen som sigøynerne sang2:40
8Sangen som søng i oss alle4:14
9Sangen om den kyniske Anna4:13
10Sangen om ka ho Anna drømte om4:39
Norwegian Mood
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 52:16
1A Lover in Berlin5:12
2Coastal Ship4:25
3Montreal5:45
4My Heart Is Pounding Like a Hammer3:23
5Birds5:00
6Day5:34
7Wave on Rock4:03
8The Copenhagen Cavern4:28
9Song to a Town5:02
10Riddle Beside Another Riddle5:40
11To Give You a Song3:44
Decemberbarn
2001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 53:24
1När det lider mot jul3:50
2Nu vandrer fra hver en verdens krok3:28
3Staffansvisa3:37
4Veien som går inn te Betlehem2:39
5Gläns över sjö och strand (Betlehems Stjärna)3:25
6Det kimer nu til julefest3:48
7Marias vaggsång3:00
8Nu flinteskudd og klokkeklang - Tomtarnas julnatt (Midnatt råder)4:18
9I den kalde vinter3:43
10Det var en natt2:33
11Finn veien engel3:20
12Ave Maria3:05
13Fra fjord og fjære3:29
14Josef2:28
15Desemberbarn3:21
16Deilig er jorden - Härlig är jorden3:20
11 ubesvarte anrop
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 42:39
1Du skulle ha vært her4:21
2Beskyttelse3:45
3Et anna sted4:14
4Zarepta3:52
5Fantastisk allerede3:44
6Kontroll4:22
7Lys anorakk2:24
8Klar4:13
9Vals3:57
10Finn veien, engel3:24
11Tia det må ta4:23
You'd Have to Be Here
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 42:49
1You'd Have to Be Here4:19
2Protection3:45
3Can It Really Be Years4:17
4Zarepta3:54
5A Fantastic Time Already3:52
6Full Control4:19
7I See You2:24
8I Would Like to Go4:14
9Waltz3:55
10Look Homeward, Angel3:27
11Who Knows Where the Time Goes4:23
Over en by
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 49:26
1Ansiktet te månen4:00
2En stemme i Athen3:29
3Per og Pål og Janus3:43
4Stjernelause døgn3:40
5Det skjer nå med oss alle underveis - 13:21
6Sov du eller4:00
7Han e en katastrofe3:26
8Litt happiness kan ikkje skade3:17
9Og dagen den va sånn3:44
10Sommerkjoledyr3:35
11Det skjer nå med oss alle underveis - 22:23
12Hvis du kommer tebake igjen3:23
13Bestanding elska høsten3:21
14Over en by4:04
Ly
2009 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 43:53
1Passelig dose3:52
2Egentlig en danser4:01
3Ytterste pol5:24
4Levere nåkka3:31
5Mi egen skrift3:55
6Kåpa i Milano3:38
7Av heile mitt hjerte4:20
8Ingenting blir borte3:37
9Holde dæ igjen3:32
10Ikkje bare våren3:53
11Gje dæ ly4:10
Og så kom resten av livet
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 1:29:32
Disc 111 tracks · 44:46
A1E Du Nord5:17
A2Like For Dagen Går Ned3:55
A3Trist Når Du Fâr Tenkt Dæ Om4:14
A4Mann På Rommet3:12
A5Denne Veien4:24
B1På Kanten Av Et Liv4:55
B2Lysestake I Sannergata3:05
B3Med Sin Nydelige Kone3:52
B4Nytt Imellom Oss4:26
B5Håpet3:41
B6Tidlig3:45
Disc 211 tracks · 44:46
1E du nord5:17
2Like før dagen går ned3:55
3Trist når du får tænkt dæ om4:14
4Mann på rommet3:12
5Denne veien4:24
6På kanten av et liv4:55
7Lysestake i Sannergata3:05
8Med sin nydelige kone3:52
9Nytt imellom oss4:26
10Håpet3:41
11Tidlig3:45
Det vi har
2017 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 46:53
1Det kunne skjedd3:57
2Glem ikkje4:45
3Det e min sønn4:13
4Kanskje4:08
5Rim sin stemme3:49
6Det må være orden4:00
7Det einaste vi ville4:27
8Tog vi ikkje tok4:15
9Det som ennu ikkje har et navn3:39
10En sang fra andre sia4:02
11Spor5:38

Album · 3

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1995	ErindringSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:00:06 1Det sandeste3:06 2Mitt hjerte hamrer og hamrer3:19 3Dagen3:56 4Barn av blå krukke2:59 5Hurtigrute4:16 6Berg og båre4:05 7Københavnerkneipe5:09 8Sang til byen6:03 9Dine øyne3:37 10Skrik6:07 11Alle vet jo det5:01 12Gåte ved gåte5:34 13Sorgen og gleden de vandrer tilhope3:52 14Erindring3:02	Compilation	1995
2007	LiveSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 14 tracks · 1:06:44 1Sangen om ka ho Anna drømte om4:57 2Togsang4:03 3Stjernelause døgn3:46 4Per og Pål og Janus4:59 5Sangen om fyret ved tornehamn4:51 6Litt Happiness kan ikkje skade3:45 7Hvis du kommer tebake igjen3:24 8Søvngjengersken5:19 9A Riddle Beside Another Riddle6:20 10Skrik6:14 11You'd Have to Be Here4:31 12To Give You a Song4:01 13Mitt hjerte hamrer og hamrer4:56 14Hurtigrute5:38	Live	27 August 2007
2010	Fantastisk alleredeSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 33 tracks · 2:17:54 Disc 117 tracks · 1:12:52 1Møte3:28 2Mitt hjerte hamrer og hamrer3:18 3Erindring3:03 4Det sandeste3:06 5Hurtigrute4:17 6Dagen3:57 7Københavnerkneipe5:09 8Berg og båre4:06 9Sang til byen6:04 10Montreal5:53 11Skrik6:08 12Syk pike4:51 13Togsang3:05 14Gåte ved gåte5:34 15Fiola3:10 16En elsker i Berlin4:00 17Grågåsa3:43 Disc 216 tracks · 1:05:02 1Alle vet jo det5:08 2Månestein4:37 3I mai3:39 4Sangen om fyret ved Tornehamn4:43 5Sangen om ka ho Anna drømte om4:50 6Du skulle vært her4:21 7Finn veien, engel3:21 8Stjernelause døgn3:40 9En stemme i Athen3:31 10Litt happiness kan ikkje skade3:18 11Hvis du kommer tebake igjen3:24 12Egentlig en danser4:01 13Passelig dose3:52 14Fantastisk allerede4:14 15Heile mett hjerte4:20 16Gje dæ ly4:03	Compilation	4 October 2010

EP · 2

EP release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	2019	3 sangerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 3 tracks · 12:30 1Så fullt av ja4:42 2Gå ikkje rolig3:51 3Tida bare3:57		11 October 2019
	2024	Ennu herSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 6 tracks · 25:52 1Litt av et liv4:41 2I korte liv og lange år5:02 3Ka skjer når det e natt4:09 4Folk som ingen ser3:33 5Kan være nåkka som går5:11 6Denne sangen3:16		20 September 2024

Stats & PK

Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Kari Bremnes head-to-head →

Kari Bremnes metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	16	74.5th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	22	87.8th
Studio albums	17	95.5th
Awards recorded	16	99.3th
Timeline events	35	97.5th
Recording span (years)	44	84.8th
Genres	6	91th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
1987	Spelleman Folk music Award	won
1990	Gammleng Award	won
1991	Spelleman Folk music Award	won
1995	NOPA's text and music award	won
1997	Nordland fylkes kulturpris	won
1998	Prøysenprisen	won
1998	Telenor Culture Award	won
2000	Spelleman Folk music Award	won
2010	Q131674106	won
2013	Lyricist Fund Award	won
2016	Vidar Sandbecks kulturpris	won
2018	Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize	won
2018	Q12001076	won
2018	Rockheim Hall of Fame	lifetime
2019	Q12717714	won
2019	Q54875344	won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Kari, Ola & Lars Bremnes(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Government%27s_Banquet_at_Oslo_City_Hall%2C_Kari_Bremnes_%28cropped%29.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a44e05c-bb8d-4798-92db-b0310bd914ab
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/4a44e05c-bb8d-4798-92db-b0310bd914ab
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437736
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437736
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_Bremnes
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kari_Bremnes

Why this artist is in the database

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Image: The Kavliprize · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q437736 · MusicBrainz: 4a44e05c-bb8d-4798-92db-b0310bd914ab

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Timeline

1950s

Born 1956-12-09

1980s

Debut release: Folk i husan

Album: Folk i husan

Album: Mit navn er Petter Dass, som boer ved verdens ende

Album: Mitt ville hjerte

Album: Blå krukke

Won: Spelleman Folk music Award

1990s

Won: Gammleng Award

Album: Spor

Won: Spelleman Folk music Award

Album: Løsrivelse

Album: Gåte ved gåte

Won: NOPA's text and music award

Album: Månestein

Won: Nordland fylkes kulturpris

Album: Svarta bjørn

Won: Prøysenprisen

Won: Telenor Culture Award

2000s

Album: Norwegian Mood

Won: Spelleman Folk music Award

Album: Decemberbarn

Album: 11 ubesvarte anrop

Album: You'd Have to Be Here

Album: Over en by

Album: Ly

2010s

Won: Q131674106

Album: Og så kom resten av livet

Won: Lyricist Fund Award

Won: Vidar Sandbecks kulturpris

Album: Det vi har

Won: Anders Jahre's Art and Culture Prize

Won: Q12001076

Honoured: Rockheim Hall of Fame

Won: Q12717714

Won: Q54875344

Biography

Biography

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With others

Also appears on

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (22 release groups · 17 studio albums)

Albums · 17

Album · 3

EP · 2

Stats & PK

Awards & honours

Line-up

Where this record comes from

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