Svavar Knútur
Svavar Knútur is the stage name of Icelandic singer-songwriter Svavar Knútur Kristinsson, from the Northwest of Iceland and the Eastfjords, but living in the town of Akureyri. He sings in Icelandic and English
and collaborated with Czech singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová on his album Ölduslóð.
He has in recent years toured extensively around Europe as well as doing some touring of Australia and North America.
Svavar Knútur is one of the founding members and curators of the Melodica festival, curating the Reykjavík branch of the festival. In the German town of Schleswig Svavar Knútur has played multiple times on the Norden Festival in 2018, 2019 and 2023.
Album history
Knútur has released six solo albums beginning in 2009 with "Kvöldvaka ". In 2010, he presented "Amma " and in 2012 his "Ölduslóð ". In 2015 "Brot " was released.In September 2018 Knútur released the album "Ahoy! Side A" via Dimma and Nordic Notes. A story of new beginnings and the challenges of a new world. It contains five new songs and four "Repaintings" of older songs. Most recently, the album "Ahoy! Side B" was released in April 2024.
Discography
- Kvöldvaka
- Amma
- Glæður With Kristjana Stefáns
- Ölduslóð
- Songs of Weltschmerz, Waldeinsamkeit and Wanderlust EP
- Brot
- My Goodbye Lovelies
- AHOY! SIDE A
- Morgunn Single
- Bil EP
- Faðmlög with Kristjana Stefáns
- The tide is rising Single
- Hope and Fortune Single feat. Irish Mythen
- Unanswered with Lucy Ward and Adyn Townes
- AHOY! SIDE B
- ''Ahoy! Double LP''