Runa Bergsmo

Photo: Øivind Arvola

Runa Bergsmo is a trained classical cellist, with education from Oslo and Maastricht. She has worked as a regional musician in Northern Norway for just over 30 years and is employed by Scene Nord in Troms County Municipality. In this job, she gets the opportunity to collaborate with various musicians and artists, switch between several genres and develop her personal strengths.

In the last 15 years, composing, singing, writing song lyrics and screenplays have taken up more and more of her time. Playing the cello and singing in combination has become her trademark, both alone and with various partners. She has released three critically acclaimed albums for children (Released 2017, 2020, and 2023).

In 2021, she received the ‘Teskjekjerring’ prize for her work with children's concerts and album releases. In 2022, she was commissioned to write the soundtrack for the landscape film NORTH for Galleri Eva Harr (released 2022).