Unni Wilhelmsen

Unni Wilhelmsen
Unni Wilhelmsen in concert in 2011
Background information
Birth nameUnni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen
Born (1971-07-12) 12 July 1971
Oslo, Norway
GenresPop, folk rock
OccupationSinger
Instrument(s)Guitar, piano
Websiteunniwilhelmsen.com

Unni Elisabeth Wilhelmsen (born 12 July 1971) is a Norwegian singer, songwriter, and musician. Her musical influences are pop music and the American tradition of the singer-songwriter in which the lyrics play an important role as well as the music. She lives in Oslo but has throughout her career had the whole of Norway as a venue. When she made her breakthrough in 1996 with her debut album To Whom It May Concern (Polygram), she became an important mediator of the singer-songwriter genre, a genre that has a broad audience in Norwegian popular music.