Finn Coren 1961 – 2026

Biography

Finn Coren was a Norwegian singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who spent more than three decades setting great poetry to music. Born in Herøy on March 28, 1961, he was best known for his albums giving music to the words of William Blake, W. B. Yeats and the Norwegian poet Olav H. Hauge, including The Echoing Green in 1989 and the double album I draumar fær du. Cancer interrupted his career in the 1990s, and he returned in 2008 to complete the Hauge project; his final album, Einslege hjarteslag, was released on his 65th birthday, March 28, 2026. His brother announced that he had died peacefully on November 11, 2026, after a long illness, aged 65. He will be buried at Flusund cemetery in Herøy, as he wished.