Björgvin Halldórsson

Person · Open Library

Born

1898

Died

1920

Works

0

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

IS

Active from

1951-04-16

Active to

2026-04-09

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

5,275

Total plays

86,100

Björgvin Halldórsson (aka Bo Halldórsson or Bo Hall) (born Björgvin Helgi Halldórsson on 16 April 1951; died 9 April 2026) was an Icelandic pop singer from Hafnarfjörður remembered for representing Iceland in the 1995 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Núna (English: Now), which was ranked in 15th place with 31 points. Halldórsson started singing with the band Bendix and the moment he first appeared on stage singing Penny Lane, he kick-started one of the most brilliant careers in Icelandi

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

1. Pharmaceutical pollution of the world’s rivers

   · 2022 · cited 1,324x

2. Genome-wide association study identifies 74 loci associated with educational attainment

   · 2016 · cited 1,219x

3. Polygenic prediction of educational attainment within and between families from genome-wide association analyses in 3 million individuals

   · 2022 · cited 576x

4. EuReCa ONE⿿27 Nations, ONE Europe, ONE Registry

   · 2016 · cited 575x

5. Tracking of Airborne Radionuclides from the Damaged Fukushima Dai-Ichi Nuclear Reactors by European Networks

   · 2011 · cited 330x

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Key dates

Born

16 April 1951

Died

9 April 2026

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Given name

Bo

Gender

male

Citizenship

Iceland

Place of birth

Reykjavík

Child

Kali-Svala Björgvinsdóttir

Occupation

musician

Languages spoken

Icelandic

Participant in

Eurovision Song Contest 1995

Genre

pop music