Kari Bremnes

{{short description|Norwegian singer and songwriter|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox musical artist  | name = Kari Bremnes | image = The_Government's_Banquet_at_Oslo_City_Hall,_Kari_Bremnes_(cropped).jpg |caption = Kari Bremnes, 2022 | background = solo_singer | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=y|1956|12|09}} |birth_place =[[Svolvær]], Norway | genre = | occupation = singer, songwriter | years_active = | label = [[Kirkelig Kulturverksted]] | website = [http://www.karibremnes.no karibremnes.no] }} '''Kari Bremnes''' (born 9 December 1956) is a Norwegian singer and songwriter.

She got an [[Master of Arts|MA]] in language, literature, history and theatre studies from the [[University of Oslo]], and worked as a journalist for several years before deciding to dedicate herself to music full-time.

In 1987 she received the Spellemann Award ([[Spellemannprisen]]) for the record ''Mitt ville hjerte'', and in 1991 for the record ''Spor''. With her two brothers, Lars Bremnes and Ola Bremnes, she received the prize for the record ''Soløye'' in 2001.

She was also deputy board chairman of the [[Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nopa.no/default.asp?MainCatID=1&SubCatID=13 |title=Organisasjon |publisher=Norwegian Society of Composers and Lyricists |language=Norwegian |accessdate=16 July 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090226045514/http://nopa.no/default.asp?MainCatID=1&SubCatID=13 |archivedate=26 February 2009 }}</ref>

== Discography == ===Solo=== * ''Mitt ville hjerte'' (My wild heart, 1987) * ''Blå krukke'' (Blue jug, 1989) * ''Spor'' (Trace, 1991) * ''Gåte ved Gåte'' (Riddle beside another riddle, 1994) * ''Erindring'' (Memory, 1995) * ''Månestein'' (Moon stone, 1997) * ''Svarta Bjørn'' (Black bear, 1998) * ''Norwegian Mood'' (2000) * ''11 ubesvarte anrop'' (11 unanswered calls, 2002) * ''You'd Have To Be Here'' (English version of ''11 ubesvarte anrop'', 2003) * ''Over en by'' (Over a town, 2005) * ''Kari Bremnes live (Reise)'' (Kari Bremnes live (Journey), 2007) * ''Ly'' (Shelter, 2009) * ''Fantastik Allerede'' (Fantastic Already, 2010) * ''Og så kom resten av livet'' (And then the rest of your life. 2012) * ''Det Vi Har'' (What we have. 2017)

===With others=== * ''Tid å hausta inn'' (1983, new edition 2001) with [[Lars Klevstrand]]. * ''Salmer på veien hjem'' (Psalms on the way home, 1991) with [[Ole Christian Paus|Ole Paus]] and [[Mari Boine]] Persen. * ''Ord fra en fjord'' (Word from a fjord, 1992) with Ola og Lars Bremnes. * ''Folk i husan'' (People in the houses, 1993) with Ola Bremnes and Arne Bendiksen Records. * ''Cohen på norsk'' (Cohen in Norwegian, 1993) with various artists. * ''Løsrivelse'' (Breakaway, 1993) with [[Ketil Bjørnstad]]. * ''The Man From God Knows Where'' (1999) with, among others [[Tom Russell]]. * ''Soløye'' (Sun eye, 2000) with Ola and Lars Bremnes. * ''Desemberbarn'' (December child, 2001) with [[Rikard Wolff]]. * ''Voggesanger fra ondskapens akse'' (''[[Lullabies from the Axis of Evil]]'') (2003) with [[Eva Dahlgren]] and [[Anisette Koppel]].

==Also appears on== * ''Beginner's Guide to Scandinavia'', 2011 (Nascente/[[Demon Music Group]])

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.karibremnes.no Official web site] * {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=mn0002008147}}

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