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Nils Henrik Asheim
Person · male · Norway · Oslo · born 1960 · recording since 1988
musician
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Also known as 닐스 헨리크 아스헤임
Timeline
15 events✦ Award 8▣ Album 5◦ Birth 1★ Debut release 1
1960s
1980s
· Debut release
Debut release: Kruse: Animal / Berg: Fragments / Asheim: Ensemble Music / Samkopf: Invention no. 4 / Hoemsnes: Patchwork / Lunde: Akrostikon no. 1
First documented Album in the MusicBrainz discography.
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· Album
Album: Kruse: Animal / Berg: Fragments / Asheim: Ensemble Music / Samkopf: Invention no. 4 / Hoemsnes: Patchwork / Lunde: Akrostikon no. 1
Album
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1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Biography
English biography169 words · 2 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1375960291
Biography
Nils Henrik Asheim (born 20 January 1960 in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian composer and organist, living in Stavanger.
Asheim is educated at Norges Musikkhøgskole and the Sweelinck Conservatory in Amsterdam. His production comprises chamber music, orchestral works, sacred music, musical theater and digital music, and his Lillehammer −94 fanfare is released on record by "Gardemusikken". Asheim is awarded Spellemannprisen twice, in 2005 in the class Contemporary music, for 19 March 2004, Oslo Cathedral and 2010 in the class Contemporary composer of the year, for Mazurka – remaking Chopin. He was also nominated in 2003 in Open class for Kom regn together with Anne-Lise Berntsen. He was awarded Edvard-prisen for "Chase" in 2002 in the class Contemporary music and in 2011 he was awarded Lindemanprisen.
Honors
Spellemannprisen 2005 in the class Contemporary music, for 19 March 2004, Oslo Cathedral
Arne Nordheim's Composer Award 2007
Spellemannprisen 2010 in the class Contemporary composer of the year, for Mazurka – remaking Chopin
Edvard Prize in the class Contemporary music, for "Chase"
Lindemanprisen 2011
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 | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (7 release groups · 7 studio albums)
Albums · 7
1988 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:00:11
1Animal13:502Fragments9:063Ensemble Music for 58:144Invention no. 412:035Patchwork9:106Akrostikon no. 1, op. 737:481994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:05:38
1Jeg Ser Dig, Søde Lam, At Staae4:592Herre Gud! Ditt Dyre Navn Og Ære6:513Et Lidet Barn Saa Lysteligt3:584Som Denne Gyldne Sol Frembryder4:405Den Yndigste Rose Er Funden3:546Hvad Er Det Godt At Lande7:477Til Fader Vor At Ende5:578Hos Gud Er Idel Glede3:519Nu Rinder Solen Op5:1010Den Lyse Dag Forgangen Er5:5411Hører Til, I Høye Himle6:1512Eg Veit I Hemmerik Ei Borg6:222007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 7 tracks · 55:20
1Hard Knuckles1:132Soft Bones13:413Gentle Squeeze10:004Heavy Weight12:535Clear Mist5:096Slow Thought8:277Late Play3:572007 · studio album
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Tracklist · 5 tracks · 56:36
1Bordunal15:542Phoneuma13:493Magnaton1:544Philomela11:295Clavaeolina13:302021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 6 tracks · 1:02:42
1Singing Stones13:042Hornflowers11:493Burning Ice9:024Scream Soft10:165Griegs Akkord7:566Hornflowers (instrumental version)10:35— · studio album
— · studio album
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Nils Henrik Asheim head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 8 | 49.7th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 7 | 80.4th |
| Studio albums | 7 | 87.5th |
| Awards recorded | 8 | 98.4th |
| Timeline events | 15 | 91.2th |
| Recording span (years) | 33 | 71.4th |
| Genres | 1 | 56th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Q131674093 | won | |
| 2003 | Stavanger Aftenblads kulturpris | won | |
| 2003 | Stavanger municipality culture award | won | |
| 2005 | Q18857193 | won | |
| 2007 | Q17749335 | won | |
| 2010 | Spellemannprisen for composer of the year | won | |
| 2018 | Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav | won | |
| 2018 | Nordic Council Music Prize | won |
Where this record comes from
aliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47191376-e70a-4871-90a9-fd68dc9b4df6discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/47191376-e70a-4871-90a9-fd68dc9b4df6core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4574721genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4574721seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Henrik_Asheimbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nils_Henrik_Asheim
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Wikidata: Q4574721 · MusicBrainz: 47191376-e70a-4871-90a9-fd68dc9b4df6
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