Jørn H. Sværen
Jørn Henrik Sværen (* 1974 ) is a Norwegian songwriter , writer , translator and publisher .
Life and work
He met Kristoffer Rygg at a concert with Morbid Angel in the late 1980s , both of whom were part of the young Norwegian black metal scene at the time. Sværen played demo recordings in local radio and worked with Bård G. Eithun on Orcustus - Fanzine . In the 1990s he appeared as a songwriter and translator for Ulvers Demo Vargnatt , her album Nattens Madrigal - Aatte Hymne Til Ulven i Manden and Arcturus ' album La Masquerade Infernale . He has been an official member of the Ulver band since the early 2000s, but does not call himself a musician as he cannot play an instrument properly.
Sværen was the director of the Oslo publishing house H Press until it closed at the end of 2009. He publishes his own books, mainly poetry, among others. a. about his England Forlag. He has also translated works by Emmanuel Hocquard and Claude Royet-Journoud into Norwegian.
He lives in Oslo.
Discography
- 2005: Blood Inside
- 2007: Shadows of the Sun
- 2011: Wars of the Roses
- 2011: The Norwegian National Opera (DVD)
- 2012: Childhood's End
- 2013: Fair IX – VI.X
- 2014: Terrestrials
- 2016: ATGCLVLSSCAP
- 2016: Riverhead
- 2017: The Assassination of Julius Caesar
- 2020: Flowers of Evil
bibliography
- 2007: En kirke
- 2008: Et barn eller en bok
- 2009: London
- 2010: Tre bøker
- 2011: Dronning av England
- 2013: Den engelske kanal (as editor, annually since)
- 2013: Det complete sales skjønnhet
- 2014: Four tiggere
- 2015: Håndtak
- 2016: board kort
- 2016: Et barn bærer
- 2018: Dronningburet
- 2019: Fyra väggar
- 2019: Klokkene
- 2020: Britisk museum
Web links
- Jørn H. Sværen at Discogs (English)
- Jørn H. Sværen at Kolon Forlag (Norwegian)
- H Press (Norwegian / English)
- England Forlag (Norwegian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b SRB: Stories: Ulver - Born Again From The Merciless Mother , avantgarde-metal.com , accessed February 15, 2013.
- ↑ H PRESS CONTACT , hpress.no , accessed on February 15, 2013.
- ↑ ENGLAND FORLAG OSLO NORWAY , englandforlag.no , accessed on February 15, 2013.
- ↑ a b Forfatter | Sværen, Jørn H. , kolonforlag.no , accessed February 15, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Sværen, Jørn H. |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sværen, Jørn Henrik (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian songwriter, writer, translator and publisher |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |