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.

[1] He sings in Icelandic and English[2] and collaborated with Czech singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová on his album Ölduslóð (Way of Waves).

In the German town of Schleswig Svavar Knútur has played multiple times on the Norden Festival in 2018, 2019 and 2023.

Knútur has released six solo albums beginning in 2009 with "Kvöldvaka (Songs by the Fire)".

In 2010, he presented "Amma (Songs for my Grandmother)" and in 2012 his "Ölduslóð (Way of Waves)".