Honningbarna

Honningbarna
Honningbarna in 2011
Background information
Origin	Kristiansand, Norway
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	2010 - present
Website	honningbarna.no
Members	Edvard Valberg Lars Emmelthun Christoffer Trædal Fredrik Justnes Nils Nilsen
Past members	Mathias Johansson Anders Eikås

Honningbarna (English: "Honey children") is a punk rock band from Kristiansand, Norway, known for performing lyrics in the local Kristiansand dialect.

The band débuted in 2010 with the EP Honningbarna. In January 2011, they were named as the winners in a competition for fresh music, Årets Urørt organized by the radio station NRK P3. The winning song named Borgerskapets utakknemlige sønner ("Ungrateful sons of the bourgeoisie"). At 25th of march, in the same year, they released their debut album La alarmane gå (Sound the alarms). The debut album won in the category of rock during Spellemannprisen 2011. They were also nominated in the category Newcomer. In 2011 They played at a festival Øyafestivalen and live on NRK TV campaign of 2011.

Drummer Anders Eikås died in a car accident on 31 January 2012.

In 2013 they also contributed to the book Think like a rockstar, written by Ståle Økland.