Agnes Buen Garnås (born 23 October 1946) is a Norwegian folk singer from the county of Telemark. She comes from a famous musical family from the town of Jondal, and is known particularly for her singing of ancient unaccompanied Norwegian ballads, as well as her updated arrangements of these songs in collaboration with the Norwegian saxophonist Jan Garbarek on the ECM album Rosensfole.

From 1975 to 1977, she studied at the Telemark University College.

Other family members who are well known as traditional musicians include her brothers, Hauk Buen and Knut Buen, and her son Per Anders Buen Garnås.

Discography Det spelar og syng i familien Buen, 1975 Når klokkune gjeve dur, 1976, 2002 Folk Music of Norway, 1977 Nordafjølls, 1983 På gamle tufter, with Sondre Bratland, Kåre Nordstoga, Guttorm *Guttormsen, Knut Buen, Halvor Håkanes, Warren Carlstrøm and Finn *Kvalem, 1985 Jul med Rupesekken, 1985 Stem våre understrenger, with Knut Buens, 1988 Draumkvedet, with Inger Lise Ulsrud and Knut Buen, 1989 Tusseliten og Trippeliti, with Finn Kvalem, Guttorm Guttormsen, Knut Buen and Olav Snortheim, 1989 Rosensfole, with Jan Garbarek, 1989 Høgdepunkt frå Landskappleiken, 1994 Med blanke ark, 1994 Attersyn, with Knut Buen, 1995 Stev og slått, with Knut Buen, 1996 Det syng, with Anne Marit Jacobsen, Halvor Håkanes, Eli Storbekken and *Sinikka Langeland, 1997 Langt inn i hugheimen, with Knut Buen, 1997 Ljos og skugge, with Knut Buen, 1998 Soltreet, 2002 Han rider den mørke natt, 2002

With Jan Garbarek

Rosensfole (ECM, 1989) Twelve Moons (ECM, 1992) References ^ a b Aksdal, Bjørn. Agnes Buen Garnås Biography. Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 7 November 2012.  ^ Wynn, Ron. "Biography: Agnes Buen Garnas". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 April 2010.  ^ Skaug, Tore (10 June 2002). "Agnes Buen Garnås syng Landstad - i Landstads kyrkje". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2012.  External links Norway portal Biography portal Culture portal Music portal Agnes Buen Garnås official site Agnes Buen Garnås Biography Store Norske Leksikon (in Norwegian) Agnes Buen Garnås page Agnes Buen Garnås page (in Norwegian) Agnes Buen Garnås video (Click on "Norway," then select Buen Garnås's video from the list.) Awards Preceded by Sigmund Groven Recipient of the Gammleng-prisen Open class 1997 Succeeded by Karl Seglem Preceded by Jan Garbarek Recipient of the Norsk kulturråds ærespris 2005 Succeeded by Bruno Oldani