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Sølvguttene

Band, *1940 NO
World and Classical

Sølvguttene (the Boys of Silver) is a Boys' choir founded by Torstein Grythe in June, 1940. He would hold the position as conductor until 2004, when Fredrik Otterstad took over. The choir had its first rehearsals in his apartment in Oslo, but were soon offered to rehearse in Norwegian Broadcasting’s (NRK) facilities. The thought was that the choir would be permanently linked to NRK, and the first radio performance was held in December 1940. Conditions during the German occupation soon made it impossible to continue the cooperation with NRK, and the choir was for the remainder of the war years managed by the founder/conductor. Sølvguttene got its name primarily because of the shiny, silvery uniforms that were acquired in the beginning (for lack of other, more subtle materials). Later the na

Members

	Terje Stensvold voc *1943
	Lars Moen voc
	Marius Engstrøm voc
	Are Sigvaldsen voc
	Harald Fredrik Ulltveit Moe voc
	Sander August Bodin Kristiansen
	Bastian Eggum Huuse
	Herman Hjorthaug