Kjartan Kristiansen

Kjartan Kristiansen (born 14 August 1963 in Trondheim, Norway) is a Norwegian musician, best known as the guitarist and backing vocalist of the Norwegian band DumDum Boys, where he also serves as lyricist and main songwriter. Kristiansen is also a member of the punk band Wannskrækk and the rock band Racer along with the other members of DumDum Boys.

Biography In the late 1970s, Kristiansen formed the punk band Wannskrækk in 1978, which later changed their name to DumDum Boys in 1985 and adopted a mainstream rock sound. The band would go on to become one of the leading Norwegian rock bands in the 1980s and 90s, and has released eleven studio albums as of 2018. Kristiansen has also released an EP and two albums with the band Tweeterfriendly Music.

In 2006, Kristiansen was awarded the Edvard Prize in the Popular music category for the song "Enhjørning" off the DumDum Boys album Gravitasjon. In 2009, he was along with Aslak Dørum awarded the Spellemann Award in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to "Tidsmaskin". In 2012, he received the Lyricist Fund Award. Kristiansen also works as a producer and record mixer.

Honors 2006: Edvard Prize in the category Popular music for the song "Enhjørning" from the DumDum Boys album Gravitasjon 2009: Spellemann Award in the category This Year's Song for the lyrics to the song "Tidsmaskin" by DumDum Boys 2012: Lyricist Fund Award for his lyrical contribution to Norwegian rock music through 35 years

Selected discography

With Wannskrækk 1981: Faen küler treffer aldri riktig (Oh Yeah!) 1982: ...Wannskrækk ..12''' (Plasma Plater) 1986: X-Mas Funeral Party (Knallsyndikatet)

With DumDum Boys 1988: Blodig Alvor (NaNaNaNa) (Columbia) 1989: Splitter pine (CBS) 1990: Pstereo (CBS) 1992: Riff - Wannskrækk 1980–85 (Oh Yeah!), compilation 1992: Transit (Oh Yeah!) 1994: Ludium (Oh Yeah!) 1994: 1001 Watt (Oh Yeah!), live 1996: Sus (Oh Yeah!) 1998: Totem (Oh Yeah!) 2001: Schlägers (Oh Yeah!), compilation 2006: Gravitasjon (Oh Yeah!) 2009: Tidsmaskin (Oh Yeah!) 2012: Ti liv (Oh Yeah!) 2018: Armer og Bein (Oh Yeah!) 2019: Løsøre (Oh Yeah!)

With Tweeterfriendly Music 2000: Vol. 1 Maxi Single (Warner Music Norway) 2001: Enjoy Tweeterfriendly Music Vol. 2 (Warner Music Norway) 2003: Gin & Phonic ***3-03 '' (Warner Music Norway)