Jan Arvid Johansen (18 June 1947, in Havøysund – 7 October 2017) was a Norwegian musician. He was a graduate of the Nordnorsk Musikkonservatorium (1976–79).

Johansen recorded with such groups as Erter, Kjøtt og Flesk (1973) and Nordnorsk Visegruppe (1975–1980) and he worked at the Hålogaland Teater (1979–1981) and with the performing group Tramteateret (1985). He worked with the lyricist Helge Stangnes, and such artists as Sverre Kjelsberg, Trygve Henrik Hoff, and Tove Karoline Knutsen, played Irish music in the group "Rebels", been a part of Forente Artister's "Sammen for Livet" (1985) and "Visehjelp til Nordvest-Russland" (1998). He established and released many records with the group Boknakaran.

Jan Arvid Johansen

His solo album, Tonen & Kjærligheten, was released in 2005; the song "Tirilltungetid" reached number one on the Norsktoppen.

Jan Arvid Johansen

References

External links

Jan Arvid Johansen Myspace profile

1947 births

2017 deaths

People from Måsøy

People from Tromsø

Musicians from Tromsø

Norwegian male singers

Norwegian musicians

Place of death missing

Jan Arvid Johansen