Petter Vågan

Petter Vågan (born 6 July 1982 in Brønnøysund, Northern Norway) is a Norwegian singer, guitarist, composer, and the younger brother of double bass player Ole Morten Vågan. He is the bandleader, singer, and guitarist of the Norwegian indie electronica band The Fjords, founded in 2013.

Career Vågan is based in Trondheim, where he got a performing master's degree in improvisation at the Jazz Dept at Trondheim Musikkonservatorium. In addition to his latest endeavours in pop music, he has delved into various forms of improvisation. He has released several records as a leader and band member with an experimental style rooted somewhere between electronic music, free jazz, rock, free improvisation, and noise music.

He has toured extensively in Scandinavia, Russia, U.S., Japan, South Africa, Canada, Germany, and the Netherlands, and collaborated with many improvising musicians in Norway.

Discography 2006: Slant of Light (Jazzaway), within Eyewaterlillies 2007: Selected Recordings , within Peloton 2008: That is a Step (FMR), within duo Petter O Hanna (Hanna Gjermundrød) 2009: Trondheim Jazz Orchestra & Kobert (MNJ) 2010: "Shapes & Phases" (Sofa), Vertex 2010: A festa Vale Tudo , within Erik Nylanders Orkester 2010: Facienda (Jazzland), within Motif 2010: Shapes and Phases (Sofa), within Vertex 2010: Tsar Bomba, within Juxtaposed 2010: Marianne Halmrast Kvintett (Aim) 2010: Lucy (STWD), with Samuel Tramp 2011: Volt/Revolt (Gigafon), within Marvel Machine 2011: Treehouse 2012: Early Years , within Peloton 2012: Scent of Soil (Hubro), with Tore Brunborg and Kirsti Huke 2013: Rendition of a Whisper (Gigafon), Petter O Hanna 2013: 7th Day Saviour (Aspén), Kari Harneshaug 2013: Babylove (Propeller), Ingrid 2014: All In (Impeller), The Fjords