Poetenes Evangelium is a 1993 album by Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 singer Morten Harket

Morten Harket

Morten Harket is a Norwegian musician, best known as the lead singer of the Norwegian synthpop/rock band A-ha, which released nine studio albums and topped the charts in several countries after their breakthrough hit "Take on Me" in 1985. A-ha disbanded in 2010. Harket has also released four solo...

. It is his first solo album.

The title translates into The gospel according to poets and was a follow-up from a book anthology of classical 20th century Norwegian poetry depicting the life and death of Christ

Christ

Christ is the English term for the Greek meaning "the anointed one". It is a translation of the Hebrew , usually transliterated into English as Messiah or Mashiach...

. All 12 tracks are unedited poetry written by Norwegian authors Jens Bjørneboe

Jens Bjørneboe

Jens Ingvald Bjørneboe was a Norwegian writer whose work spanned a number of literary formats. He was also a painter and a waldorf school teacher. Bjørneboe was a harsh and eloquent critic of Norwegian society and Western civilization on the whole...

, Inger Hagerup

Inger Hagerup

Inger Hagerup was a Norwegian author, playwright and poet. She is considered one of the greatest Norwegian poets of the 20th century.-Biography:...

, Erik Fosnes Hansen

Erik Fosnes Hansen

Erik Fosnes Hansen is a Norwegian writer.He was born in New York, and made his debut at age twenty with the novel Falketårnet. His most famous work is his second novel, Psalm at Journey's End, which in separate but steadily more interwoven stories follows the individual musicians that end their...

, Kaj Skagen

Kaj Skagen

Kaj Skagen is a Norwegian writer,. He received the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1991. His first book Gatedik was published in 1971. From 1978 to 1980, he published and edited the periodical "Arken". In 1982 he won the first prize of a national novel contest with the novel Broene brenner...

, Georg Johannesen

Georg Johannesen

Georg Johannesen was a Norwegian author and professor of rhetoric.He was born in Bergen. His dissertation was on the spring motif in the poetry of Olaf Bull. He drowned while on vacation in Egypt....

, Arnold Eidslott

Arnold Eidslott

Arnold Olav Eidslott is a Norwegian poet.He was born in Ålesund, and worked as a telegraphic engineer for the whole of his working life. Since 1986 he has been the poet laureate....

 and Håvard Rem

Håvard Rem

Håvard Rem is a Norwegian author, living in Telemark.- Lyrics and poetry :Rem made his book debut in 1977 with Kall på heltene. His Utvalgte dikt was published in Norwegian , Arabic and Russian...

. All music is composed by Øivind Varkøy for this album.

Track listing

1. Natten (The Night)
2. Hymne Til Josef (Hymn to Joseph)
3. Salome
4. Elisabeth Synger Ved Johannes Døperens Død (Elisabeth Sings at the Death of John the Baptist)
5. Fra Templet (At the Temple)
6. Hvor Krybben Stod (Where the Cradle Stood)
7. Rytteren (The Rider)
8. Sviket (The Betrayal)
9. Påske (Easter)
10. Den Fremmede (The Stranger)
11. Den Fremmede Taler Til Mennesket (The Stranger Addresses Man)
12. Engelen (The Angel)