Terje Bakken

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Terje "Valfar" Bakken was the lead singer and founder of the Norwegian Black/Folk Metal band Windir. Windir was started as a one-man project, but it was expanded into a full band with the release of their 3rd 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. Valfar released two demos, "Sognariket", and "Det gamle riket". Valfar was born on 3rd of September 1978 and was 25 years old when he died.

On January 14, 2004, Valfar went out on a walk towards his family's cabin at Fagereggi, but he never arrived. Three days later, authorities found his body at Reppastølen in the Sogndal valley. Valfar had gotten caught in a snow storm and suffered death from hypothermia.

He was buried at Stedje church in Sogndal on 27 January 2004.