Jan Arvid Johansen is a Norwegian musician, graduate of the Nordnorsk Musikkonservatorium (1976-1979) and artist in the Tromsø

Tromsø

Tromsø is a city and municipality in Troms county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø.Tromsø city is the ninth largest urban area in Norway by population, and the seventh largest city in Norway by population...

area.

He has released records with "Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk" (1973) and Nordnorsk Visegruppe (1975-1980). He has also worked with Hålogaland Teater

Hålogaland Teater

Hålogaland Teater is a regional theatre serving the region of Nord-Norge, the northernmost of Norway. When established in 1971, it was the first regional theatre in Norway, and the first professional theatre in Nord-Norge. Many of its productions are staged in the regional Norwegian dialects...

 (1979-1981) and Tramteateret (1985). Johansen has often worked with the lyricist Helge Stangnes, as well as the artists Sverre Kjelsberg

Sverre Kjelsberg

Sverre Kjelsberg in Tromsø) is a Norwegian singer, musician , composer and lyricist. He was a member of the band The Pussycats from 1964...

, Trygve Hoff

Trygve Hoff

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 and Tove Karoline Knutsen

Tove Karoline Knutsen

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, played Irish music in the group "Rebels", been a part of Forente Artister

Forente Artister

Forente Artister was a group of Norwegian artists that went together in 1985 to record the song Sammen for livet in order to raise money for the victims of hunger in Africa. The lyrics were written by Halvdan Sivertsen and the melody by Åge Aleksandersen...

's "Sammen for Livet" (1985) and "Visehjelp til Nordvest-Russland" (1998). He established and released many records with the group Boknakaran

Boknakaran

Boknakaran is a Northern Norwegian musical group consisting of Ragnar Olsen, Jan Arvid Johansen, Malvin Skullbru and Pål Thorstensen. They have released five albums, and have toured much in Northern Norway....

 (1993-). His solo record Tonen & Kjærligheten. was released in 2005 (Himalaya/Bonnier) and reached number one on the Norsktoppen

Norsktoppen

Norsktoppen is a musical hit list at NRK Radio, with songs with Norwegian artists. Until 1986, the songs had to be in the Norwegian language. Norsktoppen has aired since 1973. Norsktoppen airs once a week. On Thursday 21 February 2008, it became known to the show host, that Norsktoppen would be...

(the song "Tirilltungetid").

External links

• Jan Arvid Johansen Myspace profile