---
name: "Trond Bjerknæs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/trond-bjerknes"
fi1m_id: "trond-bjerknes"
imdb_id: "nm0084812"
tmdb_id: 832208
wikidata_id: "Q22255029"
roles: ["Composer"]
born: "1 January 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T22:05:33.287825+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Trond Bjerknæs

## Identity

Trond Bjerknæs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/trond-bjerknes
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** trond-bjerknes
- **IMDb ID:** nm0084812
- **TMDB ID:** 832208
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22255029
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22255029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/832208

Composer. Born 1 January 1958 in Oslo, Norway.

## Details

- **Work:** Composer
- **Born:** 1 January 1958, Oslo, Norway
- **Also known as:** Trond Bjerknes
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22255029, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084812/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/832208

## Streaming the US now

- **Pluto TV:** [*Headhunters*](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md) (80)

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## Biography

Trond Bjerknæs is a Norwegian composer. He was born in 1958 in Oslo and trained at the Berklee College of Music in Boston. He began his career composing for commercials before moving into film.

His first feature score was for *Hamilton* (1998). He has since composed for numerous Scandinavian films and series, including *Max Manus: Man of War* (2008), *Headhunters* (2011), *Dark Woods* (2003), *Hidden* (2009), *Operation Arctic* (2014) and *Dark Woods II* (2015). He received an Amanda Award for his music for *El Clásico* (2015).

*Sources: imdb.com, snl.no.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Headhunters* (2011), Fi1m 80, Music, Original Music Composer — [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *No Paradise If You Are Killed by a Woman* (2026), Original Music Composer
- *Headhunters* (2022), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Night Dad Brought Us Home* (2017), Music
- *Stag* (2016), series, Original Music Composer
- *The Classic* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Woods II* (2015), Original Music Composer
- *Operation Arctic* (2014), Music
- *Bold Eagles* (2013), Original Music Composer
- *Somewhere Else* (2011), Music
- *Headhunters* (2011), Original Music Composer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/headhunters.md)
- *Ploddy the Police Car Makes a Splash* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Modern Slavery* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *Hidden* (2009), Original Music Composer
- *SOS: Summer of Suspense* (2008), Original Music Composer
- *Cecilie* (2007), Original Music Composer
- *Miracle* (2006), Music
- *Finding Friends* (2005), Music
- *Cry in the Woods* (2004), Original Music Composer
- *Dark Woods* (2003), Original Music Composer
- *The Guy in the Grave Next Door* (2002), Original Music Composer
- *The Greatest Thing* (2001), Music
- *Hamilton* (1998), Original Music Composer
- *Parents* (1992), Original Music Composer

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