Trygve Hoff - Topic

Trygve Henrik Hoff was a Norwegian singer, composer, songwriter, and writer. He was a teacher at Buskerud folkehøgskole for many years when he lived in Darbu in Øvre Eiker Municipality. For some time, Trygve Hoff was the conductor of the Berlevåg Mannsangforening, based in Berlevåg Municipality.
Hoff was born and raised in Rognan in Saltdal Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. His work as a writer and artist showed an appreciation of his roots, and he found inspiration for his texts from his home in Northern Norway. Hoff was awarded the Nordland fylkes kulturpris posthumously in 1988.
The newspaper Nordlys and the television channel NRK named Hoff's Snart gryr en dag as the best North Norwegian compilation albums of all time. Hoff's songs often depicted the way of living in Northern Norway. He described the women working in the fish fillet industry in Jentan på fileten, and wrote several songs for other artists. Hoff toured Northern Norway frequently.
"Har en drøm" and "Ei hand å holde i" are songs that were given to Jørn Hoel, and were major hits in Norway.