Øyvind Rauset

Øyvind Rauset (born October 3, 1952) is a Norwegian artist, musician and composer.

He was a violinist in two famous folk rock bands from Norway, Folque and Ym-Stammen, but is more widely known for his own music on the two albums Landscape With Two Figures (with British songwriter Richard James Burgess, 1982) and 13 Impossible Dances + 1 Improbable (1988, revised 1992).

He has participated several years at the Autumn Exhibition (Høstutstillingen), the main annual show for Norway's artists.

For ten years he made monograms for the Norwegian royal family, and made the first digital edition of Norway's Coat of Arms (Riksvåpenet) in cooperation with its designer Sverre Morken in Norges Bank.

Since 2005 he has restarted his musical career and was chairman of the Oslo songwriter club "Nye Skalder" 2004-2006.