Introduction
Trond Granlund (born in Oslo, Norway on 29 July 1950) is a Norwegian rock and folk singer, composer and guitarist.
Granlund grew up on Torshov and Manglerud in Oslo, and has lived in Lørenskog since 1968. Granlund started performing in 1973 releasing the independent Rock album. He released his debut solo self-titled album Trond Granlund in 1976 and has been prolific in releasing of albums. Until the mid-1990s, most output by Granlund was in English, but with the album Tida er'e ingen som kan snu in 1995, he started to release albums almost exclusively in Norwegian.
His autobiographical album På vei til rock 'n roll (meaning On the road to rock'n'roll) was released in 2001. An autobiographical book was published in 2012 titled and his next book coming time, the Council in 2007. [Needs updating] In 2012 he published his book Sanger jeg lærte av mamma og pappa (meaning Songs I learned from my mom and dad).
Awards
- 1981: Norwegian Grammy in "pop category" for Pleasant Surprise
- 1985: "Gammleng Award" in "pop category"
Discography
Albums
- Studio albums
- 1973: Rock
- 1976: Granlund
- 1977: Utstøtt
- 1978: Made in Manchester
- 1979: Starstruck
- 1980: Eloise (NOR #13)
- 1981: Pleasant Surprise (NOR #2)
- 1982: Stay the Night (NOR #12)
- 1983: Driftin' (NOR #11)
- 1985: Hearts in Danger (NOR #20)
- 1986: The Ride
- 1989: Promise the Moon
- 1990: Roots
- 1992: Pleasure and Tears
- 1993: I Can't Quit Now
- 1995: Tida er'e ingen som kan snu
- 1997: Bilder inni hue
- 2000: Østkantfolk
- 2002: På vei til rock'n'roll
- 2005: En litt forvirra fyr
- 2007: Kommer tid, kommer råd
- 2010: Sanger jeg lærte av faren min (NOR #14)
- 2012: Bror min og jeg (NOR #36)
- Live
- 2012: En rønner fra Manglerud - Live fra NRK Studio 19 (NOR #30)
- Compilations
- 1998: Fra Manglerud til Manchester 1973–1998
- 2003: Høyt, lavt og langt
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart position |
|---|---|---|
| NOR | ||
| 1980 | "Give Me Time" | 4 |
| 1980 | "Eloise" | 7 |
| 1981 | "Girl 16" | 3 |
| 1982 | "Vente på noe" | 6 |