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Kirsten Bråten Berg
Person · female · Norway · Arendal Municipality · born 1950 · recording since 1984
Norwegian singer
Also known as Kiersten Bråten-Berg · Kirsten Broten Berg · Kristen Braten Berg · Kristen Bråten Berg · 시르스텐 브로텐 베르그
Timeline
14 events▣ Album 7✦ Award 5◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1950s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Setes Dalarna
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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1990s
2000s
2010s
Biography
English biography368 words · 5 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1372416872
Biography
Kirsten Marie Bråten Berg (born 7 January 1950 in Arendal, Norway) is a Norwegian traditional folk singer, silversmith, and government scholar. She is currently living in Valle Municipality in the Setesdal area of southern Norway. She trained as a silversmith at the Torleiv H. Bjørgums Vocational College (Oslo Yrkesskole an Torleiv H. Bjørgums) in Setesdal and then set up her own workshop there, in Nomeland.
Career
She began singing traditional Norwegian folk songs in the 1970s and since the late 1970s has given concerts and made recordings, winning Spellemannprisen awards (the Norwegian equivalent of the Grammy award) in 1979 and 1988. She met the bass player Arild Andersen in 1990 and became a member of his group in 1992.
Bråten Berg's interest in the Norwegian folksong tradition has led her to meet and learn from older Norwegian musicians and people or from recordings of their music-making. Alongside figures such fiddler Hallvard Bjørgum, she exemplifies those Norwegian folk musicians trying to carry their tradition into modern times.
In 2005 she was made a Knight First Class of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in recognition of her work as a performer and ambassador of Norwegian culture.
She has also collaborated with West African musicians on the CD From Senegal to Setesdal.
Honors
1988: Spellemannprisen in the class Traditional music, for the album Min kvedarlund
1991: Gammlengprisen in the class Vocal music
1993: Spellemannprisen in the class Music for children, for the album Våre beste barnesanger 2
1997: Radka Toneff Memorial Award
2005: Knight First Class of The Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav
Memberships
She is foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Music.
Select discography
1979: Slinkombas
1980: Kirsten Bråten Berg
1982: Slinkombas og bas igjen
1984: SetesDalarna
1988: Min kvedarlund
1991: Joletid
1992: Sagn 1992
1993: Suede et Norvège
1993: Arv
1993: Våre beste barnesanger 2
1993: Cohen på norsk
1996: Pilgrimen
1997: Frå Senegal til Setesdal
1997: From Senegal to Setesdal (Six Degrees Records, San Francisco)
1999: Smak av himmel, spor av jord
2000: Runarstreng
2001: Syng du mi røyst
2005: Stemmenes skygge (Heilo), with Marilyn Mazur and Lena Willemark
2007: Stev for dagen, with Astri Rysstad and Kari Rolfsen
2010: Songen
2012: Nordic Woman
2021: Kvitravn, with Wardruna
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.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 26 | 58.1th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (9 release groups · 8 studio albums)
Albums · 8
1984 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 40:07
Sukkeret Er Søtt, San1:40Jenta Med Garden2:16Tre Bodapolskor2:29Senorita Favorita2:46Baba3:05Miss Oidipus1:56Jag Ser I Dina Ögon2:39Tjønneblomen2:58Han Kan Skjemt' Og Ver 'Glad0:40Kom Te Mej Om Kvelden2:09Orsapolska2:14Tre Nystev Frå Setesdal1:38Den Störste Dårlighet / Finnjenta4:09Östbergsviken1:59Bodapojkar / Vokt Deg2:20Sordølen2:39Röjås Kerstis Visa2:301999 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:01:26
1Sordølen5:002Bestelanden3:373Homslien3:344Kom Heim1:465Å at Jeg Kunne3:326For Guds Folk er Hvilen Tilbake1:317Margit Hjukse5:138Runarvisa2:269Hjerki Haukeland / Adamsvisa3:4910Faremoen4:1711Stevjing 11:4312Stevjing 21:5313Stevjing 33:2514Stevduett0:3915Kivlemøyane etter Myllarguten / Gamlestev8:3616Rammeslåttar / Liti Kjersti10:252000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 13 tracks · 57:48
1Tiramakan/Eg Vippa Meg3:492Håvår Heddi/Goe5:443Bitilo4:354Lill Lisa3:495Atolago2:146Horpa/Kono9:387Jegerleik4:158Sordolen/Kody Nadioulo7:219Uppstanden3:2010Kouami Ba3:0711Bånsullar/Ding Ding Ide3:0612Halling Jorond2:2713Tveitåen/Djatto4:232001 · studio album
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Tracklist · 14 tracks · 51:07
1Vesle jente4:152Drømmehesten5:053Ung son3:144Syngende natt2:515Jeg lagde meg så sildig2:376Den skamløse gamle damen5:287Våken drøm3:168Nystev – rekke2:049Syng du mi røyst3:4610Kvit sorg4:5411Sommernatt ved fjorden4:2012Voggesang for en død far3:2713Danse ikke gråte nå1:3214Brurebøn4:182007 · studio album
2007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 48:02
1I denne søte juletid4:192Et barn er født i Betlehem3:103Her er det ny som på jorderig skjedde2:294Et lite barn så lystelig2:465Saligheten er oss nær2:196Du være lovet, jesus krist2:457Eg såg ein Kristi pilgrim2:448Gamlestev1:179Herre Jesus Krist2:4210Guds godhet vil vi prise3:4311Faremoanes brureslag1:5512Hjå Gud er alltid gleda4:0613Din herlegdom, frelsar3:0914Stevpreludium1:3415Nystev0:5516Folketone frå Lårdal1:4117Det er den første julenatt1:5218I prektige himler2:0219Guds sønn har gjort meg fri2:342010 · studio album
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 45:43
1Vesle Kari vår2:582Eg gjekk meg opp til seterli2:533Svarterabben2:434Blåmann, Blåmann bukken min3:135Vesle lerka3:006Eg ser deg utfor gluggen3:447Astrid, mi Astrid3:408Fram dansar ein haugkall / Ril etter Guttorm Vågsmyr2:519Bendik og Årolilja5:2910Eg gjætte Tulla3:0511Tre barneviser: Killa Bukk / Pisi og fuglen / Sporven sat på ly'udør2:0712Pål på haugen / Tor Persens hamber2:3013Anne Knutsdotter2:3214Ung Åslaug2:4815Eg veit ei lita jente2:10— · studio album
Album · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Min Kvedarlund. 24 songar og stevSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 24 tracks1Reven og Nils fiskar 2Min kvedarlund 3Me skal bryggja til jul 4Tirili Tovann 53 stev 6Haugebonden 7Heiemo og nykkjen 8Folkestad-visa 92 stev 10Fanteguten 11Sven svane 12Vårliv 13Myllarvisa 14Rallarvise 15Su ru rudde 16Gamlestev 17Drikkevise 18Mortens klage 19Kjempevisa om Reiar 20Våjevise 21Varulven 22Liti Kjersti 23Det va du og det va je' 24Jeg gikk meg ut i lunden grønn | Compilation | 1993 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Kirsten Bråten Berg head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 9 | 81.7th |
| Studio albums | 8 | 88.9th |
| Awards recorded | 6 | 97.7th |
| Timeline events | 14 | 90.5th |
| Recording span (years) | 26 | 58.1th |
| Genres | 2 | 74th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Aust-Agder County Culture Award | won | |
| 1988 | Spellemann Award in folk | won | |
| 1993 | Spellemann Award for children's record of the year | won | |
| 1997 | Radka Toneff Memorial Award | won | |
| 2010 | Hilmar Award | won | |
| — | Knight of the Order of St. Olav | won |
Line-up
| Name | From | To | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slinkombas(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:Kirsten_Br%C3%A5ten_Berg_Jazz_p%C3%A5_J%C3%B8lst_2020_%28202322%29.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5d30e3e-4bc5-4be0-b945-ef18c773f243discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f5d30e3e-4bc5-4be0-b945-ef18c773f243core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446426genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q446426seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Br%C3%A5ten_Bergbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten_Br%C3%A5ten_Berg
Why this artist is in the database
- List of Norwegian musicians
Tier rule: curated genre/region list
Image: Tore Sætre · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q446426 · MusicBrainz: f5d30e3e-4bc5-4be0-b945-ef18c773f243
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