They have a highly distinctive and instantly recognizable style.

With songs such as “Oktober, Bergen by,” “Bittelitt,” and “Alma,” Spellemann Award winners Oddny have long since established themselves as a unique voice from Western Norway in the Norwegian music scene.

Following radio success, sold-out concerts, and a steadily growing fan base, they also won the 2024 Luttprisen Award for Newcomer of the Year. The accolades continued in 2025, when they received both the Norwegian Ballad Forum’s Artist Grant and the Frank Hammersland Memorial Fund Award. That says a lot: Oddny connects with people on a deeply emotional level. And when the Spellemann Awards were presented in March 2026, Iver Strand Senneset / Oddny went all the way to the top, winning Songwriter of the Year for Lyrics, in addition to earning a nomination in the Songwriter of the Year category.

With a highly distinctive and instantly recognizable style, they blend alternative pop-rock with dialect lyrics filled with emotion, intimacy, and authenticity. On stage, they have become one of Norway’s most talked-about live acts, and 2025 saw them take audiences by storm—festival after festival, and in venues large and small across both Norway and Sweden. Sold out at Kulturhuset in Bergen. Sold out at Parkteatret in Oslo. And when they performed at by in 2025, Gaffa awarded the concert a perfect six-star review, calling it “grandiose.” It’s hard not to be impressed.

The band is based at Gamlahuset in Bremanger, a kind of musical collective where they periodically live, work, write, and record their songs, with drummer and producer Oliver Igland providing a steady hand behind the controls. They are now back at Gamlahuset, where they are recording their second album this spring, with new music expected later this year.

Oddny return sharper than ever, fueled by fresh energy, fresh guitar picks, and clear plans for the future. They arrive in full stride, bringing songs that go straight to the heart without knocking first.