Trond Granlund

Trond Granlund
Born (1950-07-29) 29 July 1950
Oslo, Norway
Genres Rock, folk
Occupation(s) Singer, songwriter
Years active 1973–present

Trond Granlund (born in Oslo, Norway on 29 July 1950)[1] is a Norwegian rock and folk singer, composer and guitarist.

Granlund grew up on Torshov and Manglerud in Oslo, and has lived in Lørenskog since 1968. Granlund started performing in 1973 releasing the independent Rock album. He released his debut solo self-titled album Trond Granlund in 1976 and has been prolific in releasing of albums. Until the mid-1990s, most output by Granlund was in English, but with the album Tida er'e ingen som kan snu in 1995, he started to release albums almost exclusively in Norwegian.

His autobiographical album På vei til rock 'n roll (meaning On the road to rock'n'roll) was released in 2001. An autobiographical book was published in 2012 titled and his next book coming time, the Council in 2007. [Needs updating] In 2012 he published his book Sanger jeg lærte av mamma og pappa (meaning Songs I learned from my mom and dad).

Awards

Discography

Albums

Studio albums
Live
Compilations

Singles

Year Single Chart position
NOR[2]
1980 "Give Me Time" 4
1980 "Eloise" 7
1981 "Girl 16" 3
1982 "Vente på noe" 6

References

External links

Awards
Preceded by
Dollie de Luxe
Recipient of the Pop Spellemannprisen
1981
Succeeded by
Olav Stedje
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