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Karin Krog

Person · female · Norway · Oslo · born 1937 · recording since 1964

Norwegian jazz singer (born 1937)

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Also known as Karin Krogh · 卡琳·克羅格

Debut: 1964
Recording span: 62 years
Release groups: 42
Awards: 7
Timeline events: 43
Wiki language versions: 14

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Timeline

43 events▣ Album 34✦ Award 7◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1

1930s
1. 15 May 1937 · Birth
  Born 1937-05-15
  source: wikidata
1960s
1. 1964 · Debut release
  Debut release: By Myself
  First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1964 · Album
  Album: By Myself
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1965 · Award
  Won: Buddyprisen
  source: wikidata
4. 1966 · Album
  Album: Jazz Moments
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1968 · Album
  Album: Joy
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1969 · Album
  Album: Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe)
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1970s
1. 1974 · Award
  Won: Spellemann Award for female artist of the year
  source: wikidata
2. 1976 · Album
  Album: Hi-Fly
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1977 · Album
  Album: A Song for You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1980s
1. 1980 · Album
  Album: With Malice Towards None
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1980 · Album
  Album: Swingin' Arrival
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1981 · Album
  Album: I Remember You
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1982 · Album
  Album: Two of a Kind
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 1986 · Album
  Album: Freestyle
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 1989 · Album
  Album: Something Borrowed... Something New
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 1989 · Album
  Album: Some Other Spring: Blues and Ballads
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 1989 · Album
  Album: Gershwin with Karin Krog
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
1990s
1. 1993 · Album
  Album: You Must Believe in Spring
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 1996 · Album
  Album: Huskonsert i Aurskog - musikk av og etter Anders Heyerdahl
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 1999 · Album
  Album: Bluesand
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 1999 · Award
  Won: Radka Toneff Memorial Award
  source: wikidata
5. 1999 · Award
  Won: Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year
  source: wikidata
2000s
1. 2000 · Album
  Album: Man, Woman and Child
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2002 · Album
  Album: Where Flamingos Fly
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2003 · Album
  Album: Where You At?
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
4. 2004 · Album
  Album: Cloud Line Blue
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 2005 · Album
  Album: Seagull
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2006 · Album
  Album: Together Again
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
7. 2007 · Album
  Album: Wildenvey i ord og toner
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2010s
1. 2010 · Album
  Album: Folkways
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2. 2011 · Album
  Album: Cabin in the Sky
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2012 · Award
  Won: Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen
  source: wikidata
4. 9 January 2012 · Album
  Album: Det var en gang... Karin Krog synger barnesanger
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
5. 5 October 2012 · Album
  Album: In a Rag Bag
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
6. 2013 · Award
  Won: Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year
  source: wikidata
7. 24 July 2013 · Album
  Album: New York Moments
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
8. 13 November 2013 · Album
  Album: Songs About This and That
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
9. 28 November 2014 · Album
  Album: Break of Day
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
10. 8 January 2016 · Album
  Album: The Best Things in Life
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
2020s
1. 2021 · Award
  Won: Arts Council Norway Honorary Award
  source: wikidata
2. 1 May 2025 · Album
  Album: Electric Element
  Album
  source: musicbrainz
3. 2 February 2026 · Album
  Album: Tomorrow’s Yesterday
  Album
  source: musicbrainz

Biography

English biography572 words · 6 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1371026299

Biography

Karin Krog (born 15 May 1937) is a Norwegian jazz singer.

Life and career

Krog began singing jazz as a teenager and attracted attention while performing in jam sessions in Oslo. In 1955, she was hired by the pianist Kjell Karlsen to sing in his sextet. In 1962, she started her first band, and that same year she became a student of the Norwegian-American singer Anne Brown. Krog studied with Brown until 1969. In the 1960s, she performed with the rhythm and blues band Public Enemies, releasing the hit singles "Sunny" and "Watermelon ManWatermelon Man18 November 2002 · SingleSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 2 tracksAWatermelon Man3:05BWatermelon Man (Obo Mix)3:35".
She has worked with Vigleik Storaas, Jacob Young, Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jan Garbarek, Dexter Gordon, Kenny Drew, Don Ellis, Steve Kuhn, Archie Shepp, Paul Bley, John Surman, Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen, Red Mitchell, and Bengt Hallberg. In 1994, she became the first Norwegian musician to have an album released by Verve Records. The album Jubilee was a compilation of songs from her thirty-year career.

Private life

Krog is the great granddaughter of Anders Heyerdahl (1832–1918), a Norwegian composer, musician, genealogist, folklorist and local historian. She was married (1957–2001) to the jazz journalist Johannes (Johs.) Bergh (1932–2001). Her long-term partner is British jazz multi-instrumentalist John Surman.

Awards and honors

1965 Buddyprisen, Norwegian Jazz Forum
1969 DownBeat Poll Winners in Berlin
1970 European Poll Winners in Osaka
1971 Record of the Year, Some Other Spring with Dexter Gordon, Japan
1974 Spellemannprisen, Norwegian Grammy named Årets spellemann
1975 Female Singer of the Year, European Jazz Federation
1981 Oslo Council Artist Award
1983 Gammleng-prisen
1999 Radka Toneff Memorial Award
1999 Spellemannprisen, Bluesand with John Surman
2005 Knighted, Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olavz
2007 Anders Jahre Cultural Award
2008 Ellaprisen
2012 Spellemannprisen, honorary award
2013 Spellemannprisen, Songs About This and That with John Surman

As leader

By Myself (Philips, 1964)
Jazz Moments (Sonet, 1966)
Joy (Sonet, 1968)
Some Other Spring with Dexter Gordon (Sonet, 1970)
Live at the Festival (Enja, 1973)
Gershwin with Karin Krog (Polydor, 1974)
You Must Believe in Spring (Polydor, 1974)
We Could Be Flying (Polydor, 1975)
Hi-Fly with Archie Shepp (Compendium, 1976)
Different Days Different Ways (Philips, 1976)
A Song for You with Bengt Hallberg (Phontastic, 1977)
But Three's a Crowd with Red Mitchell (Bluebell of Sweden, 1977)
As You Are with Nils Landberg (RCA Victor, 1977)
Cloud Line Blue with John Surman (Polydor, 1979)
Swingin' Arrival (Talent, 1980)
With Malice Towards None with Nils Landberg (Bluebell of Sweden, 1980)
I Remember You... with Warne Marsh and Red Mitchell (Spotlite, 1981)
Two of a Kind with Bengt Hallberg (Four Leaf Clover, 1982)
Freestyle (Odin, 1986)
Something Borrowed...Something New (Meantime, 1989)
Nordic Quartet with Terje Rypdal, John Surman, (ECM, 1995)
Det Var En Gang (NorDisc, 1995)
Bluesand with John Surman (Meantime, 1999)
Where Flamingos Fly with Jacob Young (Grappa, 2002)
Where You At? (Enja, 2003)
Together Again with Steve Kuhn (Grappa, 2006)
Wildenvey I Ord Og Toner (Grappa, 2007)
Such Winters of Memory with John Surman, Pierre Favre (ECM, 2008)
Oslo Calling (Meantime, 2008)
Folkways (Meantime, 2010)
Cabin in the Sky with Bengt Hallberg (Gazell, 2011)
In a Rag Bag with Morten Gunnar Larsen (Meantime, 2012)
New York Moments with Steve Kuhn (Enja, 2013)
Songs About This and That with John Surman (Meantime, 2013)
Break of Day with Steve Kuhn (Meantime, 2014)
The Best Things in Life with Scott Hamilton (Stunt, 2016)
Infinite Paths with John Surman (Meantime, 2016)

As guest

Bergen Big Band, Seagull (Grappa, 2005)
Tore Johansen, Man, Woman, and Child (Gemini, 2000)
Tore Johansen, Like That (Gemini, 2005)

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	14	70.2th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	42	93.1th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	7	98.2th
Timeline events	43	98.4th
Recording span (years)	62	98.4th
Genres	2	74th

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

Discography (42 release groups · 34 studio albums)

Albums · 34

By Myself
1964 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 36:28
A1By Myself3:19
A2Lover Man5:54
A3Karin's Kicks3:40
A4I Fall in Love Too Easily5:42
B1Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You3:46
B2Mood Indigo3:43
B3'Deed I Do2:00
B4I Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry3:31
B5All Blues4:53
Jazz Moments
1966 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks
A1I Got Your Number
A2Old Folks
A3All of You
A4Baby, Won't You Please Come Home?
B1Glad to Be Unhappy
B2Dearly Beloved
B3I Can't Get Started
B4Just in Time
B5Body and Soul
Joy
1968 · studio album
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Tracklist · 4 tracks · 31:20
A1Mr. Joy7:55
A2Karin's Mode8:10
B1Round About Midnight6:05
B2Maiden Voyage / Lazy Afternoon9:10
Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe)
1969 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 44:16
A1Maiden Voyage5:29
A2Triple Play3:40
A3Here's That Rainy Day2:31
A4Winter Song6:50
A5Nature Boy3:22
B1Hello Thursday10:01
B2Open Space6:20
B3Ryoan-Ji6:03
Hi-Fly
1976 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 48:07
A1Sing Me Softly of the Blues6:21
A2Steam8:07
A3Daydream9:26
B1Solitude3:34
B2Hi Fly14:01
B3Soul Eyes6:38
A Song for You
1977 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 42:41
1A Song for You3:58
2Feeling Too Good Today Blues4:13
3Stardust5:31
4I Won’t Dance2:01
5A Child Is Born3:14
6I Have the Feeling I’ve Been Here Before2:41
7I Ain’t Here4:09
8Medley: Blue and Sentimental / Sentimental and Melancholy3:06
9Scandia Skies2:48
10I Was Doing All Right2:26
11Lush Life5:02
12I’ve Got the Right to Sing the Blues3:32
With Malice Towards None
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 35:22
A1Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child3:00
A2John Coltrane's A Love Supreme7:18
A3Going Home3:06
A4Just a Closer Walk With Thee1:48
A5As You Are2:26
B1With Malice Towards None4:28
B2God Bless the Child2:35
B3I ensomme stunde2:23
B4Song From Djura3:04
B5Come Sunday3:50
B6Gud som haver barnen kär1:24
Swingin' Arrival
1980 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 39:05
A1Sailboay in the Moonlight4:21
A2Did You Mean It2:45
A3When a Woman Loves a Man3:45
A4WOP4:10
A5The Moon Looks Down and Laugh4:18
B1When Day Is Done4:07
B2Say It With a Kiss3:08
B3I Can't Believe That You're in Love With Me4:24
B4What Shall I Say3:32
B5Moten Swing4:35
I Remember You
1981 · studio album
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Tracklist · 8 tracks · 45:00
A1I Remember You5:37
A2Trane7:20
A3Lester's Happy3:05
A4Moody's Mood for Love4:47
B1It's You or No-One5:00
B2Loverman7:22
B3Speak Low5:38
B4That Old Feeling6:11
Two of a Kind
1982 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 47:24
1My Man4:33
2Jeepers Creepers2:35
3You Must Believe in Spring3:57
4The Touch of Your Lips2:16
5The End of the Day Song2:29
6I Ain't Here4:12
7Like That3:40
8Halleluja I Love Him So2:39
9Spring in Manhattan3:47
10Love Valk In2:01
11Dear Bix2:40
12I'm Coming Virginia2:01
13Ain't Nobody's Business3:43
14Cabin in the Sky4:03
15A Child Is Born2:48
Freestyle
1986 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 41:57
A1Just Holding On3:32
A2Bånsull1:41
A3Sorrowful Day2:06
A4Imagination’s Child3:58
A5Freestyle3:50
A6Karima Two4:53
B1Open Sandwich2:39
B2The Red Dragon4:47
B3Some Time Ago1:53
B4Fran Landesman Medley: A. Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most; B.If; C the Ballad of the Sad Young Men6:57
B5Hymn to Joy5:41
Something Borrowed... Something New
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:48
1The Thrill Is Gone2:20
2Out Of This World5:16
3If I Should Lose You4:03
4My Foolish Heart4:45
5Canto Mai3:12
6I Get A Kick Out Of You2:38
7All Blues5:43
8The Meaning Of The Blues7:30
9This Is New3:19
10Just One Of Those Things3:15
11I'm Beginning To See The Light4:22
12Ev'rytime We Say Goodbye5:22
13Tivoli6:03
Some Other Spring: Blues and Ballads
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:00:56
1Some Other Spring5:04
2Blue Monk3:59
3How Insensitive4:39
4Blues Eyes4:55
5Jelly Jelly5:00
6I Wish I Knew5:25
7Everybody's Somebody's Fool4:43
8Shiny Stockings3:50
9Ode to Billy Joe8:21
10Some Other Spring (alternate)4:31
11Blue Monk (alternate)4:09
12Shiny Stockings (alternate)6:20
Gershwin with Karin Krog
1989 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 49:32
1Who Cares?5:04
2How Long Has This Been Going On?4:54
3That Certain Feeling4:07
4My Man's Gone Now4:03
5Nice Work If You Can Get It3:05
6Embraceable You4:45
7They All Laughed3:23
8There's a Boat That's Leaving Soon for New-York3:58
9Our Love Is Here to Stay2:55
10Someone to Watch Over Me4:02
11Summertime4:29
12I Loves You Porgy4:47
You Must Believe in Spring
1993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 34:50
1You Must Believe in Spring4:36
2Ask Yourself Why6:29
3I'll Wait for You6:46
4Watch What Happens7:06
5Once Upon a Summertime5:19
6What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?4:34
Huskonsert i Aurskog - musikk av og etter Anders Heyerdahl
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 22 tracks · 56:43
1Malfrid min frue4:29
2Strykekvartett Nr.1 A-dur: 1. Allegro moderato4:07
3Strykekvartett Nr.1 A-dur: 2. Serenade3:55
4Strykekvartett Nr.1 A-dur: 3. Scherzo3:31
5Strykekvartett Nr.1 A-dur: 4. Allegro3:45
6Nissespill og fans polska3:01
7Skoitefart2:29
8Ottillie-gallop2:01
9Huldrevise1:52
10Halling Medley2:48
11Fingubben2:46
12Melodi2:16
13Brudedans2:07
14Purka2:21
15Gjestebudet1:49
16Polka1:03
17Vals1:40
18Gallop2:11
19Vakker er du2:45
20Revelje fra 18081:09
21Soldaten og Jenta2:37
22Norsk Tappenstreg 19052:01
Bluesand
1999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 54:35
1The Nightingale4:41
2Ribbon Of Sand3:19
3Sombre Woods4:49
4Voice Shadow4:31
5It Could Be Hip4:23
6Don't Just Sing7:00
7SAS Blues2:46
8So Blue2:41
9Bluesand6:27
10Hidden Dreams1:49
11Secret Games5:31
12Fly Away6:38
Man, Woman and Child
2000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:59
1When You Wish Upon a Star5:22
2Man, Woman and Child5:25
3Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas4:26
4Det har ei rose sprunge5:20
5Christmas Song for Children of Thelonious Monk3:27
6The Christmas Song5:03
7Snowfall5:36
8I'll Be Home for Christmas3:02
9Det første lys4:20
10Det lyser i stille grender3:48
11Snowbound4:54
12Silent Night4:11
13Deilig er jorden3:05
Where Flamingos Fly
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 55:10
1Where Flamingos Fly4:44
2Prelude to a Kiss5:08
3Once I Loved3:32
4Last Night When You Were Young4:29
5I'm Shadowing You3:32
6I'll Be Seeing You4:49
7Caravan5:26
8Everything Happens to Me4:52
9Northern Sun5:09
10Cry Me a River5:13
11K.C. Blues3:17
12Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye4:59
Where You At?
2003 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:43
1The Meaning of Love5:44
2Where You At?3:56
3Lazy Afternoon4:33
4It Could Be Hip5:23
5Speak of Love4:30
6Canto Mai5:35
7Saharan7:38
8You Say You Care3:37
9Kaleidoscopic Vision4:33
10Missing Calada4:07
11Gloomy Sunday4:07
Cloud Line Blue
2004 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 41:04
1Alone Song4:23
2New Spring6:53
3Eyeless in Movement6:26
4Jonathan7:25
5Empty Streets4:12
6Cloud Line Blue8:52
7Edge Piece2:53
Seagull
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 56:38
1Sweet Talker3:08
2La Calada4:13
3Lament3:36
4My Shining Hour4:11
5The Seagull7:29
6Northern Sun4:51
7Don't Get Around Much Anymore3:53
8Jubilee4:46
9Canto Mai4:21
10Don't Just Sing6:24
11Angel Eyes5:36
12You'd Better Love Me4:10
Together Again
2006 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 47:42
1Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying6:09
2I Thought About You5:06
3Alfie5:16
4Time on My Hands3:54
5We'll Be Together Again5:04
6Wee Baby Blues4:12
7Lazy Afternoon3:46
8Time After Time3:08
9Jim5:26
10The Party Is Over5:41
Wildenvey i ord og toner
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 29 tracks · 51:34
1Preludium0:59
2Jeg anroper ikke0:32
3Vi besynger2:25
4Alle veier bort fra deg1:38
5Som en der kommer fra fest2:46
6Utrolig1:34
7Prismer1:32
8Den siste1:54
9I tanker1:23
10Tre ganger møtt0:45
11Alt kommer til meg2:48
12Februardialog2:43
13Sommerhuset1:27
14Heggen der hjemme1:59
15Ved syrintid2:16
16Pinselilje I0:52
17Pinselilje II1:26
18Fergemann tid1:10
19Lotus land3:35
20Et hus ved veien2:34
21Eventyr for Ellen2:16
22Diktet som sank3:42
23Tårene3:26
24Brev0:31
25Brev og svar0:20
26Kjærlighetsbrev1:06
27Selma1:42
28Inga1:14
29Nocturne0:59
Folkways
2010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 48:42
1Waly Waly (The Water Is Wide)3:37
2Ola Ola min eigen unge1:33
3Nissespill og fans polka3:00
4Målfrid min frue4:28
5Arve Brakars halling (versjon 2)1:51
6Lokk3:28
7Pathway1:06
8Fingubben2:47
9Melodi2:14
10Brudedans2:07
11Purka2:19
12Gjestebudet1:49
13Vakker er du2:45
14Soldaten og jenta2:37
15Huldrevise1:52
16Halling medley / Arve Brakar2:48
17Bånsull1:45
18Raga Variations5:33
19Pathway1:03
Cabin in the Sky
2011 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 47:50
1Just You, Just Me3:03
2Young at Heart3:56
3Time After Time3:59
4Prelude to a Kiss5:29
5Spread a Little Happiness4:15
6Who Knows6:15
7Stay Away3:04
8I Ain't Here3:47
9Cabin in the Sky4:37
10Thou Swell2:33
11Once in a While4:12
12Give Me the Simple Life2:40
Det var en gang... Karin Krog synger barnesanger
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 42:48
1Fola, fola blakken2:53
2Geiterams3:21
3Blåmann2:56
4Gråpus2:44
5Pitt pott nøtt2:21
6Nei, nei gutt0:57
7Hans og Per1:37
8Bare se, men ikke røre2:46
9Takk1:53
10Ikke tigge1:24
11Sladrehanken / I skolegården1:29
12Nede på stasjonen2:04
13Griner du?1:48
14Kaja og Maja3:58
15Tulla2:24
16Dukkemor1:55
17Barnas vals3:30
18Kom bukken0:42
19So, ro, godt barn2:06
In a Rag Bag
2012 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:42
1Old Piano Roll3:16
2Euphonic Sounds3:00
3Way Down Yonder in New Orleans2:54
4In the Dark / In a Mist7:24
5I'm Comin' Virginia3:11
6Dear Bix3:55
7Going Home3:25
8Olympia Rag – Norsk Rag No. 54:26
9Spanish Steps4:16
10Feeling Too Good Today Blues3:40
11Ain't Misbehavin' / I've Got a Feeling I'm Falling5:09
12Wild Cat Blues3:47
13Blue Turning Grey Over You4:28
14The Joint Is Jumpin'2:51
New York Moments
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 53:03
1The Meaning of Love5:41
2Where You At?3:51
3Lazy Afternoon4:28
4It Could Be Hip5:20
5Speak of Love4:26
6Canto Mai5:32
7Saharan7:34
8You Say You Care3:31
9Kaleidoscopic Vision4:31
10Missing Calada4:03
11Gloomy Sunday4:06
Songs About This and That
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 51:28
1Mirror Song1:38
2Cherry Tree Song6:13
3Question Song6:25
4Circle Song5:47
5Happy Song5:59
6Moonlight Song6:51
7Rain Song7:26
8Pebble Song6:01
9Monk Song5:08
Break of Day
2014 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 55:21
1I'm Old Fashioned3:42
2Break of Day in Molde5:14
3The Folks Who Live on the Hill5:28
4Scandia Skies3:23
5How Do You Keep the Music Playing3:23
6The Way You Look Tonight3:04
7Love Came on Stealthy Fingers4:13
8Thank You for Everything3:51
9You Do Something to Me3:09
10Little Butterfly (Pannonica)4:11
11Did I Remember3:48
12Trane4:56
13Time's Getting Tougher Than Tough3:05
14Everytime We Say Goodbye3:54
The Best Things in Life
2016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks
1The Best Things in Life Are Free
2I Must Have That Man
3Will You Still Be Mine
4How Am I to Know
5Don't Get Scared
6Ain't Nobody's Business
7We Will Be Together Again
8Sometimes I'm Happy
9What a Little Moonlight Can Do
10Shake It, but Don't Break It
Electric Element
2025 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 42:32
1Mutual Capacitance5:36
2R (2)1:32
3Electrostatic Coupling6:04
4R (1)1:52
5Inductive Crosstalk7:32
6R (3)1:10
7Propagation Delay10:06
8R (5)1:12
9Compression Splice7:28
Tomorrow’s Yesterday
2026 · studio album
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Tracklist · 9 tracks · 41:58
1Angel Eyes5:19
2For All We Know4:34
3Give Me The Simple Life2:58
4Where Flamingos Fly3:54
5You Don’t Know What Love Is4:57
6Dream Dancing3:54
7Tomorrow´s Yesterday6:42
8Jubilee4:52
9Snowfall4:48

Single · 2

Single release groups, by first release date
Cover	Year	Title	Notes	First release
	1995	YOU'VE GOT STYLESearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 7:03 1YOU'VE GOT STYLE3:30 2JUST HOLDING ON3:33		4 August 1995
	2002	Watermelon ManSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 2 tracks · 6:40 AWatermelon Man3:05 BWatermelon Man (Obo Mix)3:35		18 November 2002

Album · 6

Album release groups, by first release date
Year	Title	Notes	First release
1999	Swingin'Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:15:26 1WOP4:15 2Me, Myself and I4:22 3Flying Home3:54 4Sailboat in the Moonlight4:25 5I'll Never Be the Same4:54 6Broadway4:49 7When a Woman Loves a Man3:50 8Forget If You Can4:37 9Picture Me Without You4:37 10The Moon Looks Down and Laughs4:23 11When Day Is Done4:12 12Clean Up Your Own Backyard3:23 13Rosetta3:53 14Say It With a Kiss3:13 15I Can't Believe4:29 16What Shall I Say3:36 17Moten Swing4:40 18As Time Goes By3:54	Compilation	1999
2002	Raindrops, RaindropsSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:05:11 1Meaning of Love5:06 2Hold Out Your Hands2:23 3Raindrops, Raindrops3:45 4New Spring6:51 5We Could Be Flying6:03 6'round About Midnight6:59 7Maiden Voyage - Lazy Afternoon9:17 8Time to Go3:07 9I'll Wait for You6:44 10Karima Two4:55 11All of You5:08 12Blue Eyes4:53	Compilation	2002
2005	The Best of Karin Krog: Sweet TalkerSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 32 tracks · 2:06:28 Disc 117 tracks · 1:00:10 1You'd Better Love Me4:12 2Nice Work If You Can Get It3:05 3Ribbon on Sand3:20 4Canto Mai3:16 5Soul Eyes6:40 6Shiny Stockings3:52 7La Calada4:12 8How Long Has This Been Going On4:54 9Lester's Happy3:07 10Meaning of Love5:06 11Blues in My Heart2:35 12Stardust5:29 13Just One of Those Things3:19 14Where Flamingoes Fly4:43 15Break of Day in Molde2:20 16My Foolish Heart 17Sideshow Disc 215 tracks · 1:06:18 1Raindrops, Raindrops3:45 2Empty Streets4:13 3Someone to Watch Over Me4:00 4You Must Believe in Spring4:38 5Northern Sun4:49 6Alone Song4:27 7Bluesand6:30 8I'll Wait for You6:47 9My Man's Gone Now4:03 10Ask Yourself Why6:32 11Gloomy Sunday4:05 12Sweet Talker3:08 13Watermelon Man3:10 14Sånn lager man pop-plater2:37 15Watermelon Man (remix)3:34	Compilation	2005
2011	Jazz Live Trio With GuestSearch Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 9 tracks · 1:00:02 1Nightmare3:27 2Sing Me Softly Of The Blues4:53 3Fontana Barberini10:42 4Lament3:40 5Improvised Sequence15:36 6Come Rain Come Shine5:48 7Little Waltz4:13 8Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen5:20 9I Love My Man6:23	Live	1 October 2011
2015	Don't Just Sing (An Anthology: 1963-1999)Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:19:59 1As a Wife Has a Cow0:55 2Lazy Afternoon4:37 3We Could Be Flying6:03 4Raindrops, Raindrops3:45 5Blues Eyes4:55 6Ode to Billy Joe8:20 7Images in Glass5:20 8Tystnaden4:17 9Maiden Voyage4:43 10Just Holding On3:33 11Don't Just Sing7:00 12Glissando4:24 13Break of Day in Molde2:20 14All I Want3:29 15Cloud Line Blue8:56 16John Coltrane's "A Love Supreme"7:22	Compilation	30 June 2015
2017	The Many Faces of Karin Krog: Recordings 1967-2017Search Spotify Search YouTube Music Tracklist · 59 tracks · 4:01:12 Disc 112 tracks · 39:24 1I Ain't Here3:46 2The Thrill Is Gone2:24 3Where Flamingos Fly4:44 4Jeepers Creepers2:37 5Solitude3:35 6Just in Time3:22 7I Was Doing All Right2:27 8As You Are2:31 9I'm Shadowing You3:33 10Spring in Manhattan3:47 11Tomorrow's Yesterday2:59 12Lazy Afternoon3:39 Disc 210 tracks · 40:26 1K.C. Blues3:17 2Wee Baby Blues4:13 3SAS Blues2:48 4Jelly Jelly5:03 5Blues in My Heart2:36 6All Blues5:50 7I Got the Right to Sing the Blues3:33 8Señor Blues6:17 9Time's Getting Tougher Than Tough3:06 10Every Day I Have the Blues3:43 Disc 310 tracks · 42:23 1Dig It3:52 2Round Midnight3:32 3Hi Fly3:13 4Good Bait/Ladybird6:30 5In Your Arms3:11 6Spring Affair2:35 7Angel Eyes5:32 8Lament3:36 9My Shining Hour4:11 10I Want a Little Girl6:11 Disc 48 tracks · 40:01 1Lesson Five8:38 2Aria3:47 3Pebble Song6:01 4Voice Shadow4:34 5Don't Just Sing6:24 6Santa Monica2:05 7Circle Song5:47 8At the Opera2:45 Disc 510 tracks · 38:36 1Tulip or Turnip2:39 2Shiny Stockings3:51 3Old Piano Roll3:18 4Goodbye Pork Pie Hat5:58 5I'm Old Fashioned3:44 6Happy Song6:01 7One Long String2:25 8The Sun & The Water4:12 9Sunny3:39 10The Joint Is Jumpin'2:49 Disc 69 tracks · 40:22 1I'm Beginning to See the Light4:27 2That Old Feeling6:11 3The Folks Who Live on the Hill5:32 4Out of This World5:20 5I Wish I Knew4:36 6Three Little Words2:10 7Scandia Skies3:25 8Sweet Talker3:42 9Canto Mai4:59	Compilation	2017

Stats & PK

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Karin Krog metrics with percentile rank among published artists
Metric	Value	Percentile
Wikipedia language versions	14	70.2th
Spotify monthly listeners	—	no data
Release groups in DB	42	93.1th
Studio albums	34	98.5th
Awards recorded	7	98.2th
Timeline events	43	98.4th
Recording span (years)	62	98.4th
Genres	2	74th

Awards & honours

Awards and honours, by year
Year	Award	Result
1965	Buddyprisen	won
1974	Spellemann Award for female artist of the year	won
1999	Radka Toneff Memorial Award	won
1999	Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year	won
2012	Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen	won
2013	Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year	won
2021	Arts Council Norway Honorary Award	won

Line-up

Band line-up and band memberships with dates
Name	From	To	Role
Karin Krog Quartet(band)	—	present

Where this record comes from

portrait—Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Karin_Krog_%28233542%29.jpg
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e2681ee-4a0a-48cf-88d9-092b4223325d
discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/9e2681ee-4a0a-48cf-88d9-092b4223325d
core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469800
genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q469800
seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Krog
biography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karin_Krog

Why this artist is in the database

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Image: Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q469800 · MusicBrainz: 9e2681ee-4a0a-48cf-88d9-092b4223325d

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Timeline

1930s

Born 1937-05-15

1960s

Debut release: By Myself

Album: By Myself

Won: Buddyprisen

Album: Jazz Moments

Album: Joy

Album: Open Space (The Down Beat Poll Winners in Europe)

1970s

Won: Spellemann Award for female artist of the year

Album: Hi-Fly

Album: A Song for You

1980s

Album: With Malice Towards None

Album: Swingin' Arrival

Album: I Remember You

Album: Two of a Kind

Album: Freestyle

Album: Something Borrowed... Something New

Album: Some Other Spring: Blues and Ballads

Album: Gershwin with Karin Krog

1990s

Album: You Must Believe in Spring

Album: Huskonsert i Aurskog - musikk av og etter Anders Heyerdahl

Album: Bluesand

Won: Radka Toneff Memorial Award

Won: Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year

2000s

Album: Man, Woman and Child

Album: Where Flamingos Fly

Album: Where You At?

Album: Cloud Line Blue

Album: Seagull

Album: Together Again

Album: Wildenvey i ord og toner

2010s

Album: Folkways

Album: Cabin in the Sky

Won: Jury Honorary Award in Spellemannprisen

Album: Det var en gang... Karin Krog synger barnesanger

Album: In a Rag Bag

Won: Spellemann Award for jazz record of the year

Album: New York Moments

Album: Songs About This and That

Album: Break of Day

Album: The Best Things in Life

2020s

Won: Arts Council Norway Honorary Award

Album: Electric Element

Album: Tomorrow’s Yesterday

Biography

Biography

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Private life

Awards and honors

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As guest

Discography & profile

Normalised profile

Discography (42 release groups · 34 studio albums)

Albums · 34

Single · 2

Album · 6

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Awards & honours

Line-up

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