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Icelandic singer (born 1972) This is an Icelandic name. The last name is patronymic, not a family name; this person is referred to by the given name Hera Björk.

Hera Björk
Hera Björk in 2024
Background information
Birth name	Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir
Born	(1972-03-29) 29 March 1972 (age 52) Reykjavík, Iceland
Occupation	Singer
Years active	1986–present
Labels	HandsUpMusic

Musical artist

Hera Björk Þórhallsdóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈhɛːra ˈpjœr̥k ˈθouːr̥halsˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 29 March 1972) is an Icelandic singer. She is known for representing Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010 with the song "Je ne sais quoi", where she finished 19th, and at the Viña del Mar International Song Festival 2013 with the song "Because You Can", where she won in the Best Song category.

She was selected among the contestants of Söngvakeppnin 2024, the Icelandic national final for the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, with the song "Við förum hærra" / "Scared of Heights". She qualified for the final and won with the English version, with which she represented Iceland in the contest for a second time, failing to qualify from the first semi-final on 7 May 2024, placing 15th out of 15 with 3 points.

Discography

Albums

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Ilmur af Jólum	Released: 2000 Label: Hera Björk (Hera 001-2) Format: CD
Hera Björk	Released: 2006 Label: Frost (FCD 027) Format: CD
Je Ne Sais Quoi	Released: May 2010 Label: Hands Up Music (5690784020513) Format: CD, CDr, digital
Ilmur af Jólum II	Released: 2013 Label: Hands Up Music (HUM 1301) Format: CD, CDr, digital

Soundtracks

List of albums, with selected details
Title	Details
Litla Hryllingsbúðin	Released: 1999 Label: Skífan (SCD222) Format: CD

As part of a group

List of albums, with selected details
Dívurnar Og Tenórarnir (as part of Frostrósir)	Released: 2008 Label: FROST (FCD 039) Format: CD, CD+DVD
Heyr Himnasmiður (as part of Frostrósir)	Released: 2008 Label: FROST (FCD 040) Format: CD

Singles

Title	Year	Peak chart positions					Album
Title	Year	ICE	DEN	BEL	FIN	SWE	Album
"Engum Nema Þér" (with Friðrik Ómar)	2001	—	—	—	—	—	Landslag Bylgjunnar 2001
"Blikar, Tökum Nú Bikar" (with Vilhjálmur Goði)	2003	—	—	—	—	—	Alltaf Í Boltanum - Áfram Ísland
"Someday"	2009	—	9	—	—	—	Dansk Melodi Grand Prix 2009
"Je ne sais quoi"	2010	1	—	27	8	49	Je ne sais quoi
"Finnum Astina" / "Feel the Love Tonight"	2011	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album single
"Because You Can"	2013	21	—	—	—	—	Because You Can
"Christmas Song" (with Chiara Siracusa)	2015	—	—	—	—	—	Non-album singles
"Queen of Effing Everything"	2016	—	—	—	—	—
"Frelsisvor" (with Gissur Páll Gissurarson)	2018	—	—	—	—	—
"Við förum hærra" / "Scared of Heights"	2024	22	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart in that territory.

References

"Viña 2013". Archived from the original on 5 March 2013. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
Aradóttir, Júlía (27 January 2024). "Þessi tíu lög verða í Söngvakeppninni 2024" [These ten songs will be in Söngvakeppninn 2024]. ruv.is (in Icelandic). RÚV. Archived from the original on 27 January 2024. Retrieved 27 January 2024.
Justicia, Fran (24 February 2024). "Hera Björk, Bashar Murad y Sigga Ózk son los últimos clasificados para la gran final del Söngvakeppnin 2024" [Hera Björk, Bashar Murad and Sigga Ózk are the last qualifiers for the grand final of Söngvakeppnin 2024]. ESCplus España (in European Spanish). Archived from the original on 24 March 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
"New heights for Iceland - Hera Björk wins 'Söngvakeppnin' with 'Scared Of Heights'". Eurovision.tv. EBU. 2 March 2024. Archived from the original on 10 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
Guðmundsdóttir, Ingibjörg Sara (11 March 2024). "RÚV sendir Heru í Eurovision" [RÚV sends Hera to Eurovision]. ruv.is. RÚV. Archived from the original on 17 May 2024. Retrieved 11 March 2024.
"Eurovision 2024 Semi-Final Two Qualifiers". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on 10 May 2024. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
Sturtridge, Isaac. "REVEALED: The Eurovision 2024 semi-final and final jury/televote detailed voting results". ESCXTRA. Archived from the original on 15 May 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
"Tónlistinn – Lög: Streymi, spilun og sala viku 14" [The Music – Songs: Streams, Plays and Sales Week 14.] (in Icelandic). Plötutíðindi. Archived from the original on 7 April 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.

External links

Media related to Hera Björk at Wikimedia Commons

Hera Björk homepage

Preceded byYohanna with "Is It True?"	Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2010	Succeeded bySjonni's Friends with "Coming Home"
Preceded byDiljá with "Power"	Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024	Succeeded byTBD
Preceded by Sanna Nielsen	OGAE Second Chance Contest winner 2009	Succeeded by Timoteij

v t e Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest
National selection: Söngvakeppnin
Participation	1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1999 2000 2001 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Artists	Anna Mjöll Ari Ólafsson August and Telma Beathoven Birgitta Bó Halldórsson Daði og Gagnamagnið Daníel Ágúst Haraldsson Diljá Eiríkur Hauksson Euroband Eythor Ingi Greta Salóme Halla Margrét Hatari Heart 2 Heart Hera Björk ICY Inga Jónsi Maria Olafs Paul Oscar Pollapönk Selma Sigga Silvía Night Sjonni's Friends Stefán and Eyfi Stjórnin Svala Systur Two Tricky Yohanna
Songs	"10 Years" "All Out of Luck" "Angel" "Coming Home" "Congratulations" "Ég á líf" "Eitt lag enn" "Gleðibankinn" "Hægt og hljótt" "Hatrið mun sigra" "Hear Them Calling" "Heaven" "If I Had Your Love" "Is It True?" "Je ne sais quoi" "Með hækkandi sól" "Minn hinsti dans" "Nætur" "Nei eða já" "Never Forget" "Nína" "No Prejudice" "Núna" "Open Your Heart" "Our Choice" "Paper" "Power" "Scared of Heights" "Sjúbídú" "Tell Me!" ~~"Think About Things"~~ "This Is My Life" "Unbroken" "Valentine Lost" "Þá veistu svarið" "Það sem enginn sér" "Þú og þeir (Sókrates)"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Iceland did not compete. Italics indicate an entry in a future contest.

Eurovision Song Contest 2010

Countries

Final	Albania Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Cyprus Denmark France Georgia Germany Greece Iceland Ireland Israel Moldova Norway Portugal Romania Russia Serbia Spain Turkey Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Bulgaria Croatia Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania Macedonia Malta Netherlands Poland Slovakia Slovenia Sweden Switzerland

Artists

Final

Semi-finals

Songs

Final

"Algo pequeñito"
"Allez Ola Olé"
"Apricot Stone"
"Butterflies"
"Drip Drop"
"Há dias assim"
"In a Moment like This"
"It's All About You"
"It's for You"
"Je ne sais quoi"
"Life Looks Better in Spring"
"Lost and Forgotten"
"Me and My Guitar"
"Milim"
"My Heart Is Yours"
"Opa"
"Ovo je Balkan"
"Playing with Fire"
"Run Away"
"Satellite"
"Shine"
"Sweet People"
"That Sounds Good to Me"
"Thunder and Lightning"
"We Could Be the Same"

Semi-finals

"Angel si ti"
"Eastern European Funk"
"Horehronie"
"Ik ben verliefd (Sha-la-lie)"
"Il pleut de l'or"
"Jas ja imam silata"
"Lako je sve"
"Legenda"
"My Dream"
"Narodnozabavni rock"
"Siren"
"This Is My Life"
"Työlki ellää"
"What For?"

Eurovision Song Contest 2024

Countries

Final	Armenia Austria Croatia Cyprus Estonia Finland France Georgia Germany Greece Ireland Israel Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Norway Portugal Serbia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom
Semi-finals	Albania Australia Azerbaijan Belgium Czechia Denmark Iceland Malta Moldova Poland San Marino
Disqualified	Netherlands

Artists

Final	5miinust and Puuluup Olly Alexander Alyona Alyona and Jerry Heil Baby Lasagna Bambie Thug Silvester Belt Nutsa Buzaladze Dons Teya Dora Gåte Eden Golan Iolanda Isaak Kaleen Silia Kapsis Ladaniva Angelina Mango Marcus & Martinus Nebulossa Nemo Raiven Marina Satti Slimane Tali Windows95man
Semi-finals	Aiko Natalia Barbu Besa Sarah Bonnici Electric Fields Fahree feat. Ilkin Dovlatov Hera Björk Luna Megara Mustii Saba
Disqualified	Joost Klein

Songs

Final	"Always on the Run" "The Code" "Dizzy" "Doomsday Blue" "Fighter" "Firefighter" "Grito" "Hollow" "Hurricane" "Jako" "La noia" "Liar" "Luktelk" "Mon amour" "(Nendest) narkootikumidest ei tea me (küll) midagi" "No Rules!" "Ramonda" "Rim Tim Tagi Dim" "Teresa & Maria" "Ulveham" "Unforgettable" "Veronika" "We Will Rave" "Zari" "Zorra"
Semi-finals	"11:11" "Before the Party's Over" "In the Middle" "Loop" "One Milkali (One Blood)" "Özünlə apar" "Pedestal" "Sand" "Scared of Heights" "Titan" "The Tower"
Disqualified	"Europapa"

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