Norwegian acts that are known outside Norway (most of them underground I'd guess)(I'll suggest some songs if I can think of any) and some that are not
:
a-ha
(classics: "Take on me", "The sun always shine on TV", "Move to Memphis", "Crying in the rain", "Cry wolf", "Hunting high and low"...more current songs: "Lifelines", "Minor Earth, major sky", "Summer moved on", "Velvet")
Lene Marlin
("Unforgiveable sinner", "Sitting down here")
Apoptygma Berzerk
("Kathy's song (Come lie next to me)", "Til the end of the world", "Suffer in silence")
Röyksopp
("Remind me", "Poor Leno", "So easy", "Eple", "Sparks", "64-position")
Bel Canto
("Shimmering, warm & bright", "Spider dust")
Frost
("Clouds across the moon", "Running boy", "Endless love")
Alanïa
("L'eglise (Deuxieme partie)", "Round II")
Volcano
("More to love", "That's the way love is")
Kings of Convenience
("I don't know what I can save you from)"
Ralph Myerz & the Jack Herren Band
("Nikita", "Nikita retake")
Annie
("Greatest hit")
Mari Boine
("Gula gula", "Gulan du")
Espen Lind
("When Susannah cries", "Yum yum gimme some", "Black Sunday")
Madrugada
("Majesty")
Maria Arredondo
("Can let go", "Just a little heartache")
Maria Mena
("Free", "Lullaby")
Erlend Øye
("Ghost trains")
Anneli Drecker
("Tundra", "Sexy love")
folk&røvere
("Dust")
Kyd & Kango
("Baldakan", "This is the time")
Malin
("Kinky people", "La serenissima")
Zuma
("Bowie tapes", "Life in the city", "Pearl", "Tram")
the Tuesdays
("It's up to you")
Diva
("Stand & deliver", "The sun always shine on TV")
the Trucks
("It's just porn, mum") (2 of 4 members are Norwegian I think)
Dario G:
("Dream to me", "Heaven is closer (Feels like Heaven)" (Norwegian singer/lyricist)
Others I can't remember any tunes by at the moment:
Motorpsycho
Nils Petter Molvær
Biosphere
the Kovenant
Dimmu Borgir
Satyricon
Zeromancer
Bjørn Torske
Those Norwegians
Noa
StarGate (also big name producers, worked with and/or remixed names like Blue, S Club (7), Samantha Mumba, Hear'Say, Mary J. Blige, Shola Ama, Fierce, Mariah Carey)
Sissel
Ugress
And finally an act that is popular in Japan - the girl who sings in it is Norwegian:
Solid Base
These should all represent the good and bad sides of Norwegian music pretty well
