Bjelleklang

{{Short description|Norwegian a cappella vocal group}}

Bjelleklang (Norwegian: lit. Bell Sounds, coll. Jingle Bells) is a Norwegian a cappella vocal group formed in Lørenskog in 1986.{{cite news |first=Jan Rudolf |last=Pettersen |url=http://www.rb.no/lokal_kultur/article2390427.ece |title=Jubelfest for Bjelleklang |newspaper=Romerikes Blad |date=3 November 2006 |language=Norwegian }}

The group performs both songs with only a cappella and songs with guitar or other unconventional music instruments like stir pans or pots. The repertoire includes songs written by its members and cover songs with Norwegian lyrics, often translated from English with a humoristic twist.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Bjelleklang|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=|publisher=|location=|url=http://www.snl.no/Bjelleklang|language=Norwegian|accessdate=15 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=http://www.oblad.no/oppeg%C3%A5rd/hor-bjellenes-klang-1.3906707 |title=Hør bjellenes klang |newspaper=Østlandets Blad |orig-date= 10 November 2009|date= 22 February 2010 |language=Norwegian }}

Their first album, Dæng Dæng, was released in 1991; {{as of|2015|01|lc=y}} they have published eight studio albums and one best-of album, all produced by Håkon Iversen. The debut album and several others have gone gold or platinum. Holiholihooo ..., released in 1992, is their best-selling album, with more than 70,000 copies sold, and the single "Gud! hvor du er deilig" sold 40,000.{{citation needed|date=January 2015}}

"Feit" (1990), "Hyttetur" (1991), "Mercedes Benz" (1992) and "Gummihatt" (1994) reached the top 10 on the VG-lista singles chart, and "Gud! Hvor du er deilig" (1996) reached #1. On the albums chart, Dæng dæng (1991), Holiholihooo ... (1992), Ypper'u donk (1994) and Kort ved øra (1996) reached the top 5.