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Björgvin Halldórsson

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This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Björgvin.
Björgvin Halldórsson
Birth nameBjörgvin Helgi Halldórsson
Also known asBo Halldórsson
Born (1951-04-16) 16 April 1951 (age 73)
Hafnarfjörður, Iceland
OccupationSinger

Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (alternate names: Bo Halldórsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or Bo Hall) (born 16 April 1951) is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song Núna (English: Now), ranked in 15th place with 31 points.

Björgvin performed with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir,[1] amongst others, and released several solo albums.

Björgvin took part in several TV shows.[2]

Life

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Björgvin was born on 16 April 1951. His daughter Svala is a pop singer,[2] and was Iceland's representative in the Eurovision Song Contest 2017.

Discography

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Albums

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This is a selective list of albums by Björgvin.[3]

  • Þó líði ár og öld (1969)
  • Ég syng fyrir þig (1978)
  • Jólagestir (1987)
  • Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt (1989)
  • Jólagestir 2 (1989)
  • Yrkjum Ísland (smáskífa) (1994)
  • Þó líði ár og öld (1994)
  • Núna / If it's gonna end in heartache (1995)
  • Núna (1995)
  • Jólagestir 3 (1995)
  • Alla leið heim (1997)
  • Bestu jólalög Björgvins (1999)
  • Um jólin (2000)
  • Á hverju kvöldi (2000)
  • Eftirlýstur (2001)
  • Ég tala um þig (2002)
  • Brúðarskórnir (2003)
  • Duet (2003)
  • Manstu það (smáskífa) (2005)
  • Ár og öld (2005)
  • Björgvin ásamt Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands & gestum (2006)
  • Björgvin (2006)
  • Jólagestir 4 (2007)
  • Jólagestir Björgvins í Höllinni 2008 (2008)
  • Duet II / Duet II (Deluxe) (2010)
  • Gullvagninn (2011)
  • Duet 3 (2013) (with Jón Jónsson)

Singles

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(Selective)

  • "Núna" / "If It's Gonna End in Heartache" (1995)
  • "Ást er æði" (2013)
  • "Kæri vinur" (duet with Jón Jónsson) (2014)

References

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  1. ^ www.tonlist.is Björgvin Halldórsson Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine (in Icelandic) Accessed August 6, 2008
  2. ^ a b Björgvin Halldórsson at IMDb Accessed August 7, 2008
  3. ^ Björgvin Halldórsson » Plötur Archived June 30, 2008, at the Wayback Machine www.tonlist.is (in Icelandic) Accessed August 6, 2008

Further reading

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  • Gisli Runar Jonsson: Bo & Co, Reykjavík, (2001), ISBN 978-9979-1-0433-9 (in Icelandic)
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Preceded by Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
1995 		Succeeded by
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