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Björgvin Halldórsson
Background information
Birth name	Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson
Also known as	Bo Halldorsson
Born	April 16, 1951
Origin	Iceland
Occupations	Singer

Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson (Alternate names:Bó Halldorsson, Björgvin Halldórsson or Bó) (born April 16, 1951) is an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður. He represented Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1995 with the song Núna (English: Now), ranked 15th place with 31 points.

Björgvin performed amongst others with Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir^[1] and released several solo albums.

He took part in several TV shows.^[2]

Life

Björgvin Halldórsson was born on April 16, 1951. His daughter Svala is a pop singer.^[2]

Discography

This is a list of albums by Björgvin.^[3]

• Þó líði ár og öld (1969)
• Ég syng fyrir þig (1978)
• Jólagestir (1988)
• Allir fá þá eitthvað fallegt (1989)
• Yrkjum Ísland (smáskífa) (1994)
• Þó líði ár og öld (1994)
• Núna / If it's gonna end in heartache (1995)
• Núna (1995)
• Jólagestir Björgvins 3 (1995)
• Alla leið heim (1997)
• Bestu jólalög Björgvins (1999)
• Um jólin (2000)
• Á hverju kvöldi (2000)
• Eftirlýstur (2001)
• Ég tala um þig (2002)
• Brúðarskórnir (2003)
• Duet (2003)
• Manstu það (smáskífa) (2005)
• Ár og öld (2005)
• Björgvin ásamt Sinfóníuhljómsveit Íslands & gestum (2006)
• Björgvin (2006)
• Jólagestir 4 (2007)

References

Further reading

• Gisli Runar Jonsson: Bo & Co, Reykjavik, (2001), ISBN 9789979104339 (Icelandic)

External links

• Björgvin Halldórsson at imdb.com
• Interview on the German radiostation "Radio 700" April 2007 (German) partly
• Interview on the German radiostation "Radio 700" Winter 2007 (German) partly
• www.tonlist.com, biography of Björgvin Halldórsson