29 Norwegian guitarists

Magne Furuholmen is a Norwegian musician and visual artist. He was named Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Furuholmen, better known to music fans by his stage name Mags, is the keyboardist of the synthpop/rock band A-ha, and co-wrote hits such as "Take On Me", "Stay on These Roads", "Manhattan Skyline", "Cry Wolf", "Forever Not Yours", "Analogue ", "Minor Earth Major Sky", "Touchy!", "You Are the One", "Move To Memphis" and "Foot of the Mountain". The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

Jono El Grande is the stage name of Jon Andreas Håtun.

Steinar Gundersen is a guitarist from the small village of Oklungen, Norway. He plays live with the black metal band Satyricon as well as also having played lead guitar in the progressive metal band Spiral Architect. Gundersen has recently started a band called System:obscure, together with Bugge Wesseltoft.

Lars Håvard Haugen is a Norwegian guitarist, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.

Jørn Hoel is a Norwegian composer, guitarist and singer.

Espen Beranek Holm is a Norwegian pop artist and comedian.

Lars Horntveth is a Norwegian musician, band leader, and composer. He is the younger brother of tubaist Line Horntveth, but best known as a key member of the bands Jaga Jazzist and The National Bank, together with his brother Martin Horntveth.

Olav Iversen is a Norwegian heavy metal singer-songwriter and musician. He is better known as a founding member and the guitarist, lead vocalist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Sahg, as well as its only constant member.

Ida Gjølga Jenshus is a country artist from Steinkjer in Norway.

Finn Bjørn Kalvik is a Norwegian singer and composer.

Åse Maria Kleveland is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, politician and activist.

Kjartan Kristiansen is the guitarist and backing vocalist in the Norwegian band DumDum Boys, and he is also the lyricist and main songwriter.

Jon Larsen is a gypsy jazz guitarist, record producer, painter, and amateur scientific researcher. He is the founder of the group Hot Club de Norvège. In 2007 he received the Buddy Award for his lifelong contribution to jazz.

Sondre Lerche is a Norwegian singer, songwriter and guitarist, now based in Los Angeles, California. He has released eight studio albums.

Lars Lundevall Is a Norwegian musician who is the guitarist in the band deLillos. He was part in the band as a touring guitarist in 1991, and an ordinary member from 1992. He has recorded a solo album under the name Mr. Smith. He was a member of the group Blister who recorded an album in 2003.

Bjørn "Lillebjørn" Falk Nilsen is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and folk musician. He was born in Oslo, and is considered by some to be the leading "voice of Oslo", thanks to numerous classic songs about the city from the 1970s and onwards.

Odd Nordstoga is a folk singer, musician, actor and editor from Vinje in Telemark, Norway. In 2004, he went from relative obscurity to becoming the country's biggest selling recording artist, with the phenomenal success of his first solo album proper, "Luring". The album, a fusion of pop and Norwegian folk music, has sold more than 160,000 copies in Norway to date and earned him several Spellemannsprisen awards. For the album Strålande Jul, released together with Sissel Kyrkjebø, he won an unprecedented 11 Norwegian platinum trophies.

Janove Ottesen is a Norwegian musician, born in Stord, Hordaland, Norway. He specializes in vocals, guitar and barrels, and is a leading member of the Norwegian band Kaizers Orchestra.

Terje Winterstø Røthing is a Norwegian musician, playing guitar in the rock bands Kaizers Orchestra and Skambankt.

Halvdan Sivertsen is a Norwegian singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was born in Tromsø, but raised and lives in Bodø. He has won Spellemannprisen awards five times, twice with his group Gitarkameratene, and received the Culture Prize of Nordland county in 2000. His album Kjærlighetslandet reached number eight on the Norway albums chart.

Cato Sundberg is a Norwegian musician and songwriter, best known as the front man of pop group Donkeyboy. Sundberg founded the group in 2005 with, amongst others, his brother Kent. In 2009, the pair were nominated for a Spellemannprisen for their band's debut album, Caught in a Life, in the category of popular music composition. Along with Kent, they also founded and are operating a production/songwriting team and audiovisual project Rat City. That music group is very popular in Norway and in Poland.

Øystein Olaf Sunde is a Norwegian folk singer and guitarist. He is known for his high-speed guitar and banjo style and his satirical lyrics. Although often regarded as a comedian, Sunde is a versatile jazz guitarist who has played with several Dixieland bands and jazz combos over the years.

Matias Tellez is a Norwegian singer songwriter, composer and record producer. Matias is one of the many young artists that the press have called the New Bergen Wave. His music contains elements of pop, rock and tropicalia. He released solo music until starting the band Young Dreams, in which he is the principal songwriter and producer.

Trygve Thue is a Norwegian guitarist and music producer, and an original member of the Norwegian band Saft. He is the brother of the folk singer Ove Thue.

Thomas Odd Tofthagen is a Norwegian guitarist, best known for his work in rock bands Audrey Horne and Sahg.

Knut Magne Valle is a Norwegian heavy metal guitarist, songwriter, composer, recording studio owner, record producer and music arranger. Valle is best known as an Arcturus and Ulver (1998) band member.

Paul Waaktaar-Savoy is a Norwegian musician and songwriter. He was named Knights First Class of the Order of St. Olav by King Harald for his services to Norwegian music and his international success. Pål Savoy is best known for his work as the main songwriter and guitarist in the Norwegian pop band A-ha. He has written or co-written most of the band's biggest hits, including "The Sun Always Shines on T.V.", "Hunting High and Low", "Take On Me", the James Bond theme "The Living Daylights" and the ballad "Summer Moved On". In addition, Waaktaar-Savoy is also a painter. The band A-ha has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide.

Unni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical influences are pop music and the American tradition of the singer-songwriter in which the lyrics play an important role as well as the music. She lives in Oslo but has throughout her career had the whole of Norway as a venue. When she made her breakthrough in 1996 with her debut album To Whom It May Concern (Polygram), she became an important mediator of the singer-songwriter genre, a genre that has a broad audience in Norwegian popular music.

Geir Zahl is a Norwegian musician. He is known for playing guitar in the Norwegian rock group Kaizers Orchestra. The band was founded by Geir Zahl and Janove Ottesen who had both played together in some other bands, namely Blod, snått & juling and gnom. Geir Zahl is the composer and main vocalist on several songs, both on the recordings and live at concerts.