Briskeby

Briskeby
Briskeby's Lise Karlsnes on stage during the 2001 Roskilde Festival in Denmark.
Background information
Origin	Larvik, Norway
Genres	Electropop
Years active	1999–2008 2013
Labels	Warner Music
Members	Lise Karlsnes Bjørn Bergene Claus Heiberg Larsen Bård Helgeland

Briskeby is an electropop band from Larvik, Norway. Bjørn Bergene, Claus Heiberg Larsen and Bård Helgeland are from Larvik, while Lise Karlsnes is from Tønsberg.

Their debut album Jeans for Onassis was released in 2000, sold 130,000 copies, gathered four Spellemannprisen and gave Briskeby and their front vocalist Lise Karlsnes, a comet start in the music industry. In 2013 the band gave a series of gigs after five years out of business. The band's name is derived from the neighbourhood where their rehearsal room was located. It received some international attention after it toured as supporting act for A-ha in 2000.