Background
Dagsland grew up at Stokka, Stavanger in the southwestern part of Norway.
Dagsland grew up at Stokka, Stavanger in the southwestern part of Norway.
Dagsland writes and performs in various genres, his more recent albums being popular-rock. He has recorded 18 albums and performs 30–50 concerts every year, and has sold over 450 000 copies of his records. He has been nominated to the Norwegian Spellemannsprisen three times in the popular genre, and was rewarded with Prøysenprisen in 2009.
He performed as a boy soprano in Stavanger Church Choir in the period 1975 to 1977 and as tenor in the Sentralkoret in 1978 to 1980.
He holds a Master"s degree in Law. Dagsland is married to the musician Karoline Krüger, and together they have two daughters, Sophie (b 1998) and Emma (b 2002).
He is also godfather of Emma Tallhula Behn, who is the daughter of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn. 1990: Spellemannprisen in the class People’s for the album Alternate eg såg.