Jan Høiland

Jan Høiland
Jan Høiland performs at the 2007 Festival of North Norway
Background information
Born(1939-02-06)6 February 1939
Stavanger, Norway
Died7 June 2017(2017-06-07) (aged 78)
Sweden
Genrespopular music, schlager
OccupationSinger
Years active1957 (1957)-2017 (2017)

Jan Høiland (6 February 1939, Stavanger, Norway – 7 June 2017, Sweden) was a Norwegian singer, who lived for many years in Harstad. The song "Tiotusen röda rosor" by Thore Skogman was Høiland's biggest hit. He scored several chart successes in Norway.

Accompanied by Finn Våland on piano, he made his debut at Cafe Inger in Stavanger in 1957, followed by his record debut "Det vil komme av seg selv"/"Dormi-dormi-dormi" (1958), on Columbia.

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