Jan Eggum

Jan Eggum is a Norwegian singersongwriter who has been active since 1975. He is often characterised as a face for the melancholy, and the themes in his songs are often broken hearts, loneliness and sorrow. Sometimes his lyrics include social criticism, but he also shows more trivial and funny sides of himself.

Eggum was born in Bergen, but started as a pub singer in London, and made his living for two years writing songs in English. One of his most famous songs En natt forbi was originally written in English, with the title Alone, Awake.

Source: Wikipedia