The company is described by National Geographic as "wildly inventive" and is composed by 32 artists from 4 continents (India, Iran, Somalia, Brazil, Cape Verde, France, Sweden, Norway.)
In 2009 he won the "Award for best choreography" at the Eurovision Song Contest 2009, among 43 countries in the most seen entertainment TV program in the world.
Hansegård directed also Yr in 2009 together with violin virtuoso Ragnhild Hemsing, premiere at the Bergen International Festival.
[2] In 2008, his dancing was digitalized for the massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventures.
The routine, based on traditional halling and choreographed by Hallgrim Hansegård, was awarded the Best Choreography of Eurovision 2009 by esctoday.com.
[6] In 2009 Frikar performed 150 times,[7] including its outdoor big scale production TidarÅ, concerts with the Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, the premiere "YR" at Bergen International Art Festival.
[8] FRIKAR was censored by the Catholic Church on their 2008 Italy tour for an unromanticized interpretation of Peer Gynt.