caption genre years_active image_size article_title background alt birth_date instrument image origin name
drammen elvefestival 2004 folk 1997 -- present 260px odd nordstoga
 solo_singer odd nordstoga at drammen elvefestival 2004 10 december 1972 guitar , accordion , piano odd-drammenelvefestliten . jpg vinje , norway odd nordstoga
odd nordstoga

odd nordstoga -lrb- born 1972 -rrb- is a 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 .
