Svavar Knútur

Svavar Knútur is the stage name of Icelandic singer-songwriter Svavar Knútur Kristinsson, from the Northwest of Iceland and the Eastfjords, but living in the town of Akureyri. He sings in Icelandic and English

and collaborated with Czech singer-songwriter Markéta Irglová on his album Ölduslóð (Way of Waves).

He has in recent years toured extensively around Europe as well as doing some touring of Australia and North America.

Svavar Knútur is one of the founding members and curators of the Melodica festival, curating the Reykjavík branch of the festival. In the German town of Schleswig Svavar Knútur has played multiple times on the Norden Festival in 2018, 2019 and 2023.