Jan Høiland

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.^[1] He scored several chart successes in Norway.^[2]

Jan Høiland
Jan Høiland performs at the 2007 Festival of North Norway
Background information
Born	(1939-02-06)6 February 1939 Stavanger, Norway
Died	7 June 2017(2017-06-07) (aged 78) Sweden
Genres	popular music, schlager
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1957 (1957)-2017 (2017)

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.^{[citation needed]}