Peder Elias
musical artist
Peder Elias Eriksrud Kjørholt (born 14 January 1997) is a Norwegian singer-songwriter. He debuted in 2018 and released his first album, Love & Loneliness, in 2022. As a child, he sang in the Nidaros Cathedral Men and Boys' choir.
At the 2023 Spellemannprisen, Elias won the Spellemann Award for International Success of the Year for exporting Norwegian music in 2022.
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