Northern Might: Norway market report
While a weakened krone may be hampering bids to bring the usual raft of international acts to its venues, Norway’s local talent has emerged strong from the pandemic
Feature By Adam Woods | 26 November 2024
Bergen boy Kygo’s hour-long set to launch his fifth album this summer – a live performance on a dizzying outcrop of rock in front of the Hardangerfjord, with a helicopter-delivered Steinway, Sigrid,…
Bergen boy Kygo’s hour-long set to launch his fifth album this summer – a live performance on a dizzying outcrop of rock in front of the Hardangerfjord, with a helicopter-delivered Steinway, Sigrid, and a string section – distilled a certain stereotypical picture of Norway: heart-stopping scenery, healthy-looking people, yearning songcraft, generous budgets.
If the first three of those are dependably true, the last is a bit more moot these days. Norway has always had plenty of spending power, its oil wealth making it one of the wealthier countries in the world. But in…