Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson
Singer, Musical Artist
1969 –
Who is Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson?
Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson is an Icelandic solo artist, and a lead singer of the bands GusGus, Nýdönsk and Esja.
Daníel Ágúst has been part of the local and international music scene since he started his career with Icelandic pop sensation Nýdönsk some 20 years ago.
In 1989 he participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1989 for Iceland with the song "Það sem enginn sér". He finished in 21st place, scoring no points.
After releasing 5 albums with Nýdönsk, all of which were warmly embraced by critics and received popular recognition in his homeland, he produced an album with electronic rock group Bubbleflies.
It was around this time he branched out into acting in the National and Municipal theatres, playing roles in West Side Story, Jesus Christ Superstar and Stone Free. Film directors Arni and Kinski approached him with playing a lead role in their short film Nautn. It was with this film project Daníel founded GusGus in 1995 with Kinski.
The GusGus project became Daníel’s most commercially successful music venture to date, selling over 300 thousand records and touring worldwide.
Daníel took a break from GusGus in the year 2000 to pursue his solo dream as well as writing music for both TV and documentary films and composing music for the Iceland Dance Company.
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- Born
- Aug 26, 1969
Stockholm - Also known as
- Daniel Agust Haraldsson
- Daniel Agust
- Daníel Ágúst
- Daníel Ágúst Haraldson
- Ágúst, Daníel
- Daníel Áugúst Haraldsson
- Daniel August Haraldsson
- Daniel Haraldsson August
- Daniel August
- Spouses
- Gabríela Kristín Friðriksdóttir
(1993/06/13 - )
- Gabríela Kristín Friðriksdóttir
- Children
- Nationality
- Iceland
- Sweden
- Profession
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on July 23, 2013
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