Terje Bakken

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Valfar
Background information
Birth name	Terje Bakken
Born	(1978-09-03)3 September 1978
Origin	Norway
Died	14 January 2004(2004-01-14) (aged 25)
Genres	Black metal, Viking metal, folk metal
Instrument(s)	Vocals, accordion, guitar, bass, drums, synthesizer, keyboards, programming
Years active	1994–2004
Formerly of	Windir

Terje "Valfar" Bakken (3 September 1978 – 14 January 2004) was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian black metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their third album, 1184. Valfar originally sang his lyrics in Sognamål, a dialect of Norwegian, but eventually switched to English in an attempt to appeal to a broader audience.