Vinskvetten

The group was formed in 1975 as part of a local comedy revue (Nornarevyen (Salhus Revy og Teater)), and has ever since been based in Salhus, north of Bergen in Norway.

In the late 1980s the band began recording their material, and their first two albums, released in 1988 and 1991, both went gold in Norway.

In 2008, the group announced their farewell tour, which played to sold-out crowds in Bergen during fall 2008 and winter 2009.

The show was released on a DVD soon after, along with over two hours of bonus material from 1981 to 2007.

Vinskvetten sings in a typical Northern Hordaland dialect referred to as "stril", which is local slang for a person from the outskirts of Bergen and their dialect, and they also use many "old" Nynorsk words and expressions in their lyrics.